U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (March 7)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,391,680) developed by four co-inventors for a "genre-based video quota management." The co-inventors are Kulvir S. Bhogal, Pflugerville, Texas, Gregory J. Boss, American Fork, Utah, Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va., and Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, N.C.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, digital video display and digital video recording (DVR) device/system and computer program provide a mechanism for controlling an amount of differing types of media viewed by users. A number of time quotas are set for various media types and/or programs and viewing or recording of video media is monitored to determine whether any of the quotas has been exceeded. If a quota is exceeded, the viewing or recording can be immediately halted, or a warning or alert can be issued. If an absolute limit is exceeded after an alert is issue, further viewing or recording can be halted." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2009 (12/408,368). 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=8,391,680&OS=8,391,680&RS=8,391,680 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Method and System for Creating a Custom Image ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,391,642) developed by Adam Petruszka, Houston, and Qian Lin, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "method and system for creating a custom image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for producing an image includes creating an image template having a customizable region and extracting a 2D object from a source image. The 2D object is transformed using a 3D model in response to the customizable region, and the transformed 2D object is merged into the image template to create a customized image." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2008 (12/263,256). 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=8,391,642&OS=8,391,642&RS=8,391,642 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Dynamic Pruning for Automatic Speech Recognition ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,392,187) developed by Qifeng Zhu, Plano, Texas, for a "dynamic pruning for automatic speech recognition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, speech recognition systems, and computer readable media are provided that recognize speech using dynamic pruning techniques. A search network is expanded based on a frame from a speech signal, a best hypothesis is determined in the search network, a default beam threshold is modified, and the search network is pruned using the modified beam threshold. The search network may be further pruned based on the search depth of the best hypothesis and/or the average number of frames per state for a search path." The patent application was filed on Jan. 30, 2009 (12/362,668). 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=8,392,187&OS=8,392,187&RS=8,392,187 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** One Network Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- One Network Enterprises, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,392,228) developed by Ramkartik Mulukutla, Southlake, Texas, and Ranjit Notani, Southlake, Texas, for a "computer program product and method for sales forecasting and adjusting a sales forecast." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer program product and method for sales forecasting and adjusting a sales forecast for an enterprise in a configurable region having one or more clusters of stores. The method includes periodically receiving a sales forecast for an enterprise over a configurable period of time, periodically receiving actual sales information, sales anomalies and anticipated events within the at least one of the clusters of stores over a computer network, determining positive and negative deviations from the anticipated sales of the sales forecast based on the sales information, determining whether one or more trends are occurring or have occurred using a pre-defined mathematical expression based on the sales information, the positive and negative deviations, and the sales anomalies, adjusting the anticipated sales of the sales forecast based on the sales anomalies, the trends and the anticipated events, and outputting the adjusted sales forecast to a user. The sales forecast includes anticipated sales for a plurality of items within at least one of the clusters of stores." The patent application was filed on March 24, 2010 (12/730,805). 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=8,392,228&OS=8,392,228&RS=8,392,228 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Methode Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Methode Electronics, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,391,663) developed by four co-inventors for a rack cabling system. The co-inventors are Michael R. Carter, McKinney, Texas, David E. Hildreth, Flower Mound, Texas, Tyler M. Miller, Lewisville, Texas, and Robert C. Neumann, Plano, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A rack cabling system including a rack having mounted thereon a first hardware component and a patch panel housing mounted on the rack adjacent the first hardware component. The patch panel housing populates no more than a three rack unit (RU space), the patch panel housing including a front end having cable pathway openings and a rear end having connector coupler plates mounted therein. The patch panel may have a first cable pathway opening located adjacent the first side of the housing and defining a primary position and a first connector coupler plate mounted on the rear adjacent on the first side and the first connector plate having a first position corresponding to the primary position of the first cable pathway opening. Cable harnesses are routed with less than three bends of the cables between the first hardware component and the patch panel housing, so that the first cable harness is terminated at the first coupler plate in the first position." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2011 (13/114,928). 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=8,391,663&OS=8,391,663&RS=8,391,663 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** United Services Automobile Association (USAA) Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,391,599) developed by Reynaldo Medina III, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for adaptive binarization of an image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for processing an image for binarization comprises at least one subsystem that breaks the image into multiple sub-images, at least one subsystem that generates a histogram for each sub-image, and at least one subsystem that determines optimal thresholding values for image binarization by statistical analysis of the histogram for each sub-image." The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2008 (12/253,278). 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=8,391,599&OS=8,391,599&RS=8,391,599 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Gaumer Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Gaumer, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,391,696) developed by Jack L. McClanahan, Montgomery, Texas, and Craig S. Tiras, Houston, for a "fuel gas conditioning system with scissor baffles." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A feed gas conditioner includes a passageway with a plurality of heating elements positioned within the passageway. A plurality of baffle assemblies can cause a fluid flowing through the feed gas conditioner to flow in a serpentine flow pattern so that the fluid flows transverse to at least a portion of the heating elements. The baffle assemblies can each include two or more baffle elements, the baffle elements being positioned at an angle relative to each other. The heating elements can pass through passages within one or more of the baffle elements." The patent application was filed on Sept. 9, 2009 (12/584,610). 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=8,391,696&OS=8,391,696&RS=8,391,696 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent for Maintenance Friendly Optical Fiber Switching System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,391,707) developed by Glenn A. Wellbrock, Wylie, Texas, and Tiejun J. Xia, Richardson, Texas, for a "maintenance friendly optical fiber switching system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "First and second switching device are connected by a number of signal paths. The first switching device receives an instruction to switch from a first one of the signal paths to a second one of the signal paths. The first switching device performs, in response to the received instruction, a first switching operation to connect the first path, at an input of the first switching device, to the second path, at an output of the first switching device. The second switching device receives the instruction to switch from the first path to the second path and detects a loss of signal on the first path as a result of the first switching operation performed by the first switching device. The second device performs, in response to detecting the loss of signal on the first path, a second switching operation to connect the first path, at an output of the second switching device, to the second path, at an input of the second switching device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2009 (12/618,331). 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=8,391,707&OS=8,391,707&RS=8,391,707 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** FlashScan3D Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- FlashScan3D, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,391,590) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for three-dimensional biometric data feature detection and recognition." The co-inventors are Veeraganesh Yalla, Richardson, Texas, Colby Boles, Seattle, Raymond Charles Daley, Richardson, Texas, and Robert Kyle Fleming, Dallas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The system includes a 3D feature detection module and 3D recognition module 202. The 3D feature detection module processes 3D surface map of a biometric object, wherein the 3D surface map includes a plurality of 3D coordinates. The 3D feature detection module determines whether one or more types of 3D features are present in the 3D surface map and generates 3D feature data including 3D coordinates and feature type for the detected features. The 3D recognition module compares the 3D feature data with biometric data sets for identified persons. The 3D recognition module determines a match between the 3D feature data and one of the biometric data sets when a confidence value exceeds a threshold." The patent application was filed on March 4, 2010 (12/717,347). 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=8,391,590&OS=8,391,590&RS=8,391,590 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,391,068) developed by four co-inventors for "adaptive programming for flash memories." The co-inventors are Douglas Edward Shelton, Wylie, Texas, John Howard MacPeak, Garland, Texas, Eddie Hearl Breashears, Lucas, Texas, and Bruce Lynn Pickelsimer, McKinney, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method to adjust the programming voltage in flash memory when the programming time exceeds specification. A method to adjust the programming voltage of flash memory after a predetermined number of erase/write cycles." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010 (12/973,250). 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=8,391,068&OS=8,391,068&RS=8,391,068 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Tension International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Tension International, Kansas City, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,392,020) developed by Robert Terzini, Corinth, Texas, for an "automated precision small object counting and dispensing system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A small object dispenser adapted to receive a canister of objects such as pills, the canister being coupled atop it through a secure, bar-code matched gate operated by a central controller. A hopper below the gate directs smaller quantities of objects into a charge block adapted to measure out a select number of objects into an angularly disposed, circular counter where they accumulate atop a movable plate forming the bottom of the counter. The plate bears slots around its perimeter adjacent the cylindrical walls of the counter. As the central controller operates a servo motor to rotate the plate in measured increments, it urges a precise count of objects from the bottom of the counter to a port through which they fall one at a time into a receptacle such as a prescription bottle. Orientation means on the interior of the walls orient objects so that only a single object may fall into each slot, thereby preventing overfilling. A separate sensor counts the objects as they fall to verify quantity and guard against underfilling due to empty slots." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2009 (12/396,417). 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=8,392,020&OS=8,392,020&RS=8,392,020 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** M-I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- M-I, Houston, and chlumberger Norge, Tananger, Norway, have been assigned a patent (8,392,121) developed by Mario Zamora, Houston, and Tore Stock, Kleppe, Norway, for a "system and method of analyzing fluids at a drilling location." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for monitoring fluids at a drilling location, the system including a viscometer (210) having a heating cup and a pump (211) in clued communication with the heating cup, wherein the pump is configured to provide a flow of fluid from a fluid line inlet to the heating cup. The system also including a cleaning fluid tank (214) including communication with the heating cup, wherein the pump is configured to provide a flow of cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid tank to the heating cup, and a system controller (217) configured to provide instructions to the pump for controlling the flow of cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid tanks to the heating cup." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/739,578). 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=8,392,121&OS=8,392,121&RS=8,392,121 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Maxim Integrated Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,105) developed by Luke Raymond, Carrollton, Texas, for "synchronization of a generated clock." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A real time clock circuit is provided that has an onboard oscillator continuously providing an internal clock frequency, which is digitally synchronized to a more accurate reference clock frequency. An exemplary real time clock inhibits synchronization of the internal clock frequency when the reference clock is unavailable or if the reference clock's frequency is outside of a defined accuracy range." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2010 (12/779,756). 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=8,391,105&OS=8,391,105&RS=8,391,105 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Momentive Specialty Chemicals Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Columbus, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,392,120) developed by Robert R. McDaniel, Houston, Cody Ryan Peeples, Raleigh, N.C., and Robin Pierce Gardner, Raleigh, N.C., for a "method and tool for determination of fracture geometry in subterranean formations based on in-situ neutron activation analysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for determining fracture geometry of a subterranean formation from radiation emitted from a fracture in the formation, including measuring gamma-radiation emitted from the fracture; subtracting background radiation from the measured gamma-radiation to obtain a peak-energy measurement; comparing the peak-energy measurement with a gamma-ray transport/spectrometer response model; and determining formation fracture geometry of the fracture in accordance with values associated with the response model." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2011 (13/093,296). 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=8,392,120&OS=8,392,120&RS=8,392,120 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** BAE Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- BAE, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,392,056) developed by Miles Dahl, Spicewood, Texas, and Richard G. Dickson, Merrimack, N.H., for a "diagnostic connector assembly (DCA) interface unit (DIU)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a diagnostics system for use on vehicles, wherein the improvement comprises a connector assembly that translates diagnostic connector assembly signals into a digital format suitable for computer based analysis and fault diagnosis on an individual vehicle and vehicle fleet basis." The patent application was filed on May 25, 2010 (12/800,882). 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=8,392,056&OS=8,392,056&RS=8,392,056 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent for Analysis of Subsurface Electromagnetic Data Through Inversion with Constrained Casing Correction Coefficients ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,392,119) developed by four co-inventors for "analysis of subsurface electromagnetic data through inversion with constrained casing correction coefficients." The co-inventors are David L. Alumbaugh, Berkeley, Calif., Cyrille Levesque, Sugar Land, Texas, Ping Zhang, Albany, Calif., and Guozhong Gao, Watertown, Mass.

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 the same or another borehole. Limits are defined for casing correction coefficients that account for effects of the borehole casing. A constrained inversion process is performed solving for the casing correction coefficients within the defined limits, and for one or more parameters of a model representing attributes, such as resistivity, of the subterranean formation." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2010 (12/769,512). 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=8,392,119&OS=8,392,119&RS=8,392,119 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Chevron USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Chevron USA, San Ramon, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,392,163) developed by Jianchang Liu, Houston, for a "virtual petroleum system with salt restoration functionality." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of modeling a salt history for a geologic region containing a salt formation includes defining initial geometry of salt volume and sediment volume in three dimensions, changing geometry of the salt top and maintain the geometries of a top of the sediment and a base of the salt formation for a plurality of time steps, and for each change of geometry, conserving a volume of salt and a volume of sediment. The method includes initially constraining a geometry of the base of the salt during the changing geometry of the salt and sediment volumes, modeling geological activity in the geologic region and modifying the base of the salt formation during a time of the time steps, and modifying the volumes in accordance with the modeled geological activity." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2008 (12/132,525). 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=8,392,163&OS=8,392,163&RS=8,392,163 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** ConocoPhillips Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- ConocoPhillips, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,391,101) developed by Joel D. Brewer, Houston, and Peter M. Eick, Houston, for "marine seismic acquisition with controlled streamer flaring." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Marine seismic data is acquired with a system of steerable seismic streamers that are intentionally maintained in a flared configuration while the streamers are towed through a body of water." The patent application was filed on July 3, 2008 (12/167,683). 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=8,391,101&OS=8,391,101&RS=8,391,101 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Estech Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Estech Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,391,298) developed by Eric G. Suder, Plano, Texas, and Harold E. A. Hansen II, Plano, Texas, for a "phone directory in a voice over IP telephone system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a Voice over IP system, a user can dial numbers stored in a series of lists, which are stored in the system and displayed to the user of an IP telephone. One implementation will allow a user to scroll through a list of remote sites. When the user finds the desired site, the user is then presented with the same options as a user local to that site. All of this can be performed without the need for an operator or a printed directory. This system provides an ability for a user to scroll through a list of names and phone numbers and then call a person once their name and phone number is displayed." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2003 (10/447,607). 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=83,91,298.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,298&RS=PN/83,91,298 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Providing Intra-carrier IP-based Connections Using a Common Telephone Number Mapping Architecture ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,391,273) developed by Bernard Ku, Austin, Texas, for "methods, systems, and computer program products for providing intra-carrier IP-based connections using a common telephone number mapping architecture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Internet protocol (IP) based calls from a first terminal in an IP based communications system are routed to a second terminal in another communications system. In response to a call setup request at a common communications core that is common to both the IP based communications system and the other communications system, a query is transmitted to a private telephone number mapping database that contains routing information for terminals in both the IP based communications system and the other communications system requesting routing information for the second terminal. Routing information for the call setup request is received from the private telephone number mapping database for routing the call." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/338,259). 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=83,91,273.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,273&RS=PN/83,91,273 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Motorola Mobility Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Motorola Mobility, Libertyville, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,391,188) developed by Harn-Jier Lin, Lisle, Ill., and James S. Marin, Murphy, Texas, for a "mobile station handoff with flex duplex channel assignment in a wireless communication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a method for mobile station hard handoff from a source base station to a target base station of a Flex Duplex call in a CDMA wireless communication network that includes a step of establishing Flex Duplex capabilities of the mobile station. A next step includes sending the Flex Duplex capabilities of the mobile station to the target base station. A next step includes configuring the mobile station and the target base station for the handoff of the call using the Flex Duplex capabilities." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2010 (12/828,990). 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=83,91,188.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,188&RS=PN/83,91,188 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Geographic-based Communications Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,391,265) developed by Brett B. Stewart, Austin, Texas, for a "method and apparatus for geographic-based communications service." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A geographic-based communications service system has a mobile unit for transmitting/receiving information, and access points connected to a network. The access points are arranged in a known geographic locations and transmit and receive information from the mobile unit. When one of the access points detects the presence of the mobile unit, it sends a signal to the network indicating the location of the mobile unit and the information requested by the mobile unit. Based on the signal received from the access point, the network communicates with information providers connected to the network and provides data to the mobile unit through the access point corresponding to the location of the mobile unit." The patent application was filed on March 12, 2012 (13/417,355). 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=83,91,265.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,265&RS=PN/83,91,265 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Data Packet Routing ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,391,174) developed by four co-inventors for data packet routing. The co-inventors are Michael Schlansker, Los Altos, Calif., Jean Tourrilhes, Mountain View, Calif., Dwight L. Barron, Houston, and Stephen G. Low, Austin, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one example of the present invention, there is provided a method of routing data packets to a plurality of packet processors in a computer network. The method comprising obtaining workload data from the packet processors, determining a workload distribution across the packet processors, and updating a balancing table used by a switching element in the network based on the determined workload." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2010 (12/834,951). 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=83,91,174.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,174&RS=PN/83,91,174 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** WesternGeco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- WesternGeco, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,391,564) developed by Can Evren Yarman, Houston, for "providing an imaging operator for imaging a subterranean structure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "To perform imaging of a subterranean structure, an imaging operator is generated through the design of a weight, where the weight is computed according to a design criterion, where the design criterion is selected from the group consisting of: (1) the imaging operator provides a true amplitude image; (2) the imaging operator minimizes mean square error; and (3) the imaging operator corresponds to a least squares inverse of a forward modeling operator. The weighted filter as defined by the computed weights is applied to produce an image of a subterranean structure." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2010 (12/825,531). 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=8,391,564&OS=8,391,564&RS=8,391,564 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,391,228) developed by four co-inventors for a "PHY layer PPDU construction for body area network (BAN) devices." The co-inventors are Anuj Batra, Dallas, Timothy M. Schmidl, Dallas, Srinath Hosur, Plano, Texas, and June Chul Roh, Allen, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In at least some embodiments, a communication device includes a transceiver with a physical (PHY) layer. The PHY layer is configured for body area network (BAN) operations in a limited multipath environment based on a constant symbol rate for BAN packet transmissions and based on M-ary PSK, differential M-ary PSK or rotated differential M-ary PSK modulation. The PHY layer is configured to construct a physical-layer service data unit (PSDU) based on a concatenate block, an insert shortened bits block, a Bose, Ray-Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (BCH) encoder, a remove shortened bits block, an add pad bits block, a spreader, a bit interleaver, a scrambler, and a symbol mapper." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2010 (12/760,513). 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=83,91,228.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,228&RS=PN/83,91,228 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Silicon Audio Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Silicon Audio, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,391,517) developed by four co-inventors for an optical microphone packaging. The co-inventors are Brad D. Avenson, Pflugerville, Texas, Caesar T. Garcia, Austin, Texas, Neal Allen Hall, Austin, Texas, and Abidin Guclu Onaran, Austin, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical microphone that may include a first substrate with one or more acoustic entry ports and a die over the one or more acoustic entry ports. The die may include a sensing structure for detecting acoustic vibrations received via the acoustic entry port(s) and may form a first cavity between the first substrate and the sensing structure. The microphone may include a light source within the first cavity, which may transmit laser light. The optical microphone may include photo detector(s) within the first cavity. The one or more photodetectors may be configured to receive the laser light after reflection from the sensing diaphragm to measure the acoustic vibrations of the sensing diaphragm. The microphone may also include a circuit and a lid, where the die, light source, photo detectors, and circuit are comprised within the cavity of the microphone. The circuit may perform signal processing signals from the photodetector(s)." The patent application was filed on Feb. 10, 2011 (13/025,054). 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=8,391,517&OS=8,391,517&RS=8,391,517 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Secure Shell Used to Open a User's Encrypted File System Keystore ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,391,495) developed by Tommy Lucas McLane, Hutto, Texas, Shawn Patrick Mullen, Buda, Texas, and Jyoti Basavaraj Tenginakai, Karnataka, India, for a "secure shell used to open a user's encrypted file system keystore." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and data processing system for associating a private part of a keystore of a user with a user authentication process in an encrypting file system. A secure shell daemon server establishes the user authentication process with a secure shell client such that the user authentication process is associated with a user and the user is authenticated. The secure shell daemon server obtains an acknowledgment from the secure shell client. The secure shell daemon server accesses a user public key of the user from the keystore of the user, responsive to receiving the acknowledgment. The secure shell daemon obtains a public secure shell cookie associated with the user from the keystore of the user. The public secure shell cookie is an access key in encrypted form. The access key is based on the user's public key to form the public secure shell cookie. The secure shell daemon server obtains the access key from the secure shell client. The private part of the keystore is associated with the user authentication process, wherein the private part is accessed based on the access key." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2008 (12/117,448). 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=8,391,495&OS=8,391,495&RS=8,391,495 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus to Decode Dual-tone Signals ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,391,469) developed by Steven Edward Marum, Sherman, Texas, and Kenneth L. Williams, Sherman, Texas, for "methods and apparatus to decode dual-tone signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus to decode dual-tone signals are disclosed. An example receiver to decode a dual-tone signal includes a tone detector to detect a start of a first tone, a first counter to count first cycles of the first tone, a second counter to count second cycles of a system clock while the first counter is counting and the first count is less than a first threshold, state control logic to start the second counter counting third cycles of the clock when a time period elapses, the third count being substantially equal to the second count, the first counter to count fourth cycles of a second tone while the third cycles are counted, and a decoder to compare the fourth count to a second threshold to identify an event represented by the signal." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2008 (12/171,832). 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=8,391,469&OS=8,391,469&RS=8,391,469 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent for Processor System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,391,489) developed by Erdal Paksoy, Richardson, Texas, Narendar Shankar, Dallas, and Sven-Inge Redin, Taby, Sweden, for a processor system.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic circuit includes a more-secure processor having hardware based security for storing data. A less-secure processor eventually utilizes the data. By a data transfer request-response arrangement between the more-secure processor and the less-secure processor, the more-secure processor confers greater security of the data on the less-secure processor. A manufacturing process makes a handheld device having a storage space, a less-secure processor for executing modem software and a more-secure processor having a protected application and a secure storage. A manufacturing process involves generating a per-device private key and public key pair, storing the private key in a secure storage where it can be accessed by the protected application, combining the public key with the modem software to produce a combined software, signing the combined software; and storing the signed combined software into the storage space. Other processes of manufacture, processes of operation, circuits, devices, wireless and wireline communications products, wireless handsets and systems are disclosed and claimed." The patent application was filed on March 8, 2011 (13/043,150). 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=8,391,489&OS=8,391,489&RS=8,391,489 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Advanced Micro Devices Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,392,640) developed by Oswin E. Housty, Austin, Texas, for a "pre-memory resource contention resolution." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are disclosed relating to resource contention resolution in a pre-memory environment. Prior to system memory being accessible, a resource control processing element controls access to a hardware resource by a plurality of processing elements by granting received requests from the processing elements for access to the resource. The resource control processing element may prioritize requests based on a determined amount of utilization of the hardware resource by individual ones of the processing elements. In one embodiment, processing elements request for information from a bus controller (e.g., an SMBus controller) that is usable to initialize system memory. The resource control processing element may respond to the requests by retrieving the requested information from the controller and providing that information to the processing element or by retrieving the requested information from a cache and providing that information to the processing element." The patent application was filed on Dec. 3, 2009 (12/630,780). 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=8,392,640.PN.&OS=PN/8,392,640&RS=PN/8,392,640 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,391,459) developed by James Jackson, Austin, Texas, and Mehrad Yasrebi, Austin, Texas, for a "system for managing scheduling conflicts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a proactive scheduler having a controller element to determine a scheduling conflict between a called party and a calling party according to calendar information of the called party and presence information of the called party. Additional embodiments are disclosed." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2007 (11/780,696). 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=8,391,459&OS=8,391,459&RS=8,391,459 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Voice Over IP Method for Developing Interactive Voice Response System ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,391,451) developed by Douglas F. Reynolds, Austin, Texas, for a "voice over IP method for developing interactive voice response system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A personal Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system includes a plurality of IVR servers communicating personal IVR service node information in a network and a plurality of personal IVR service node clients coupled to the plurality of IVR servers communicating the personal IVR service node information. The plurality of personal IVR service node clients have a client-server relationship with the plurality of IVR servers. The personal IVR system further includes facilities for managing transmission of the personal IVR service node information using a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology." The patent application was filed on May 24, 2006 (11/439,574). 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=8,391,451&OS=8,391,451&RS=8,391,451 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Abbott Diabetes Care Assigned Patent for Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,945) developed by 10 co-inventors for an "analyte monitoring device and methods of use." The co-inventors are James Say, Alameda, Calif., Michael F. Tomasco, Cupertino, Calif., Adam Heller, Austin, Texas, Yoram Gal, Kibbutz Yagur, Israel, Behrad Aria, Alameda, Calif., Ephraim Heller, Oakland, Calif., Phillip John Plante, Sunnyvale, Calif., Mark S. Vreeke, Alameda, Calif., Keith A. Friedman, Austin, Texas, and Fredric C. Colman, Berkeley, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte. The analyte monitor may also be part of a drug delivery system to alter the level of the analyte based on the data obtained using the sensor." The patent application was filed on March 17, 2009 (12/405,643). 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=8,391,945.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,945&RS=PN/8,391,945 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Apple Assigned Patent for Performance for a Multiple Antenna Beamforming Cellular Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,797) developed by Lai King Tee, Dallas, Yi Song, Plano, Texas, and Neng Wang, Plano, Texas, for a "performance for a multiple antenna beamforming cellular network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides for an improved application of signal strength weightings in a SDMA sectorized cellular network. The improved signal strength weightings application is conducted through the improved selection of weightings from a new codebook subset or by the selection of weightings from a larger codebook subset. In a further embodiment, an antenna beam index or bit map can be used to select the best beam(s) in a SDMA sectorized cellular network. In another embodiment, a field or factor in an uplink or downlink transmission packet can designate which directional transmission beam is best suited for the transmission or when the directional transmission beam should be activated." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2009 (12/989,749). 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=8,391,797.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,797&RS=PN/8,391,797 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Providing Service Credit to Customer Accounts in a Wireless Communications Service Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,391,832) developed by five co-inventors for "systems, methods, and computer program products for providing service credit to customer accounts in a wireless communications service network." The co-inventors are Lizbet Gonzalez, North Brunswick, N.J., Leonard James Burnett, Marietta, Ga., Todd D. Carlton, Canton, Ga., William B. Chandler Jr., Snellville, Ga., and Raymond A. McFarland Jr., Sachse, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and computer program products use combinations of international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI), and account information to determine if a customer is eligible for service credit in near real-time. The customer needs an active account prior to inserting a subscriber identity module (SIM) into a device and powering on the device for the system to determine credit eligibility. No further customer action is required. The credit application process determines credit eligibility based upon device credit eligibility, account tenure, and/or credit rules, and applies the credit to the customer's account. The customer may be proactively notified when the credit is applied. The credit and tenure rules may be changed as the industry and business needs change to remain competitive in the industry. The SIM used is configured with software to lock the SIM to the device upon first power-on." The patent application was filed on May 11, 2010 (12/777,708). 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=8,391,832.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,832&RS=PN/8,391,832 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** AT&T Labs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- AT&T Labs, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,391,446) developed by Douglas F. Reynolds, Austin, Texas, and Jeffrey L. Scruggs, Round Rock, Texas, for a "method and system for routing calls based on a language preference." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method that processes and conditionally routes a call. The method includes receiving a call from a caller, determining a telephone number of the caller, and determining if the telephone number of the caller is a telephone number assigned to a specific individual. The method also includes accessing an electronic database to determine a stored language preference of the specific individual when the telephone number of the caller is determined to be assigned to a specific individual. The method further includes routing the call to a predetermined destination based on the stored language preference of the specific individual in the electronic database, and routing the call to a first default destination when the telephone number of the caller is determined to not be assigned to a specific individual." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2012 (13/414,055). 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=8,391,446&OS=8,391,446&RS=8,391,446 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,391,923) developed by Huitao Liu, Round Rock, Texas, for an "apparatus and method of securing private content stored in a memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and a method of securing private content stored in a memory are presented. A terminal includes a memory configured to store a private content identifier associated with private content. The private content identifier includes international mobile subscriber identity information of a smart card associated with a user that is authorized to access the private content. A particular smart card includes a smart card identifier associated with the particular smart card. The terminal also includes a security function configured to perform a comparison of the private content identifier to the smart card identifier and to grant access to the private content when a result of the comparison is positive." The patent application was filed on March 9, 2012 (13/416,234). 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=8,391,923.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,923&RS=PN/8,391,923 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Behemoth Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Behemoth Development, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,391,909) developed by Brett B. Stewart, Austin, Texas, for a "social networking system which provides notification of user location based on distance." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, apparatus and software have been discovered for use by individual users to monitor the geographic location of other people or assets with some relationship to the user. Once some manner of location information is determined, users have the ability to describe that location in various ways and control how that information is shared with other users." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2011 (13/029,050). 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=8,391,909.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,909&RS=PN/8,391,909 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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