U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (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 Washington.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Travel Information Fare History Graph ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,224) developed by Hugh Crean, Seattle, Jay Bartot, Seattle, and Michael Fridgen, Seattle, for a "travel information fare history graph." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for presenting travel information in a way that facilitates identifying travel plans that satisfy objectives is provided. A travel information system collects travel information for the travel items on various observation dates including the current date and presents the travel information to a user in a way that facilitates travel planning and travel shopping. The travel information system stores the travel information in an observation store. To provide travel information that satisfies a search criterion, the travel information system retrieves the travel information that satisfies the search criterion either from flight information of the observation store or from current flight information provided in real time from a source of travel information. The flight information system provides the travel information in various formats to facilitate travel planning. These formats include a fare history graph, an interval grid, a route map, a future fare graph, and/or a departure date/duration grid." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2007 (11/675,617). 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=8,392,224&OS=8,392,224&RS=8,392,224 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,391,688) developed by four co-inventors for a "smooth rewind media playback." The co-inventors are Wenbo Zhang, Redmond, Wash., Yongjun Wu, Bellevue, Wash., Kim-chyan Gan, Sammamish, Wash., and Eric Christoffersen, Beaux Arts, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for smooth rewind playback of streamed media are provided. The media includes relatively-encoded frames and independently-encoded frames. The method includes receiving a rewind request indicating a rewind speed for rewind playback of the media, selectively dropping relatively-encoded frame(s) based on a receipt constraint and a decoding constraint to form a subset of the media, and receiving frames of the subset. The method further includes selecting, in a reverse order, a selected group of pictures (GOP) included within the subset, and decoding relatively-encoded frame(s) of the GOP in a forward sequential frame order. The method further includes caching relatively-encoded frame(s) of the GOP in the forward sequential frame order, and when caching, dropping and overwriting relatively-encoded frame(s) of the GOP selectively according to a memory constraint and/or a display constraint. The method further includes displaying relatively-encoded frame(s) of the GOP in a reverse sequential frame order." The patent application was filed on Jan. 18, 2011 (13/008,797). 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=8,391,688&OS=8,391,688&RS=8,391,688 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** SRI International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,592) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for detection of multi-view/multi-pose objects." The co-inventors are Feng Han, Trenton, N.J., Ying Shan, Sammamish, Wash., Harpreet Singh Sawhney, West Windsor, N.J., and Rakesh Kumar, Monmouth Junction, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a computer implemented process for detecting multi-view multi-pose objects. The process comprises training of a classifier for each intra-class exemplar, training of a strong classifier and combining the individual exemplar-based classifiers with a single objective function. This function is optimized using the two nested AdaBoost loops. The first loop is the outer loop that selects discriminative candidate exemplars. The second loop, the inner loop selects the discriminative candidate features on the selected exemplars to compute all weak classifiers for a specific position such as a view/pose. Then all the computed weak classifiers are automatically combined into a final classifier (strong classifier) which is the object to be detected." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2011 (13/134,885). 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=8,391,592&OS=8,391,592&RS=8,391,592 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,391,604) developed by William John Vojak, Battle Ground, Wash., for a "camera-vision systems, used in collaboration whiteboards, for pre-formatted, reusable, annotatable, movable menus and forms." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and devices for, and methods of, image-based processing where a device embodiment comprises: (a) a processor; (b) an addressable memory, the memory comprising a set one or more image references, and where the set of image references comprises a rule of interpretation and a rule of execution; and the processor is configured to: (1) compare captured surface indicia of a sheet with the set of at least one image reference; (2) determine the image reference associated with the surface indicia based on the comparison of the surface indicia and the set of at least one image reference; (3) extract a marking by differencing the surface indicia and the image reference; (4) interpret the extracted marking based on the rule of interpretation associated with the image reference; and (5) invoke the rule of execution based on the rule of interpretation." The patent application was filed on July 22, 2010 (12/841,934). 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=8,391,604&OS=8,391,604&RS=8,391,604 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent for System and Method for Machine-based Determination of Speech Intelligibility in an Aircraft During Flight Operations ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,392,194) developed by Naval Kishore Agarwal, Sammamish, Wash., for a "system and method for machine-based determination of speech intelligibility in an aircraft during flight operations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for effecting a machine-based determination of speech intelligibility in an aircraft during flight operations includes: (a) in no particular order: (1) providing a representation of a machine-based speech evaluating signal; and (2) providing a representation of in-flight noise; (b) combining the representation of a machine-based speech evaluation signal and the representation of in-flight noise to obtain a combined noise signal; and (c) employing the combined noise signal to present the machine-based determination of speech intelligibility in an aircraft during flight operations." The patent application was filed on Oct. 15, 2008 (12/251,715). 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=8,392,194&OS=8,392,194&RS=8,392,194 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Amazon Technologies, Incline Village, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,392,235) developed by Peter D. Cohen, Seattle, and Christopher E. Smoak, Seattle, for a "performing automated price determination for tasks to be performed." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between task requesters who have tasks that are available to be performed and task performers who are available to perform tasks, such as for use by an electronic marketplace for the tasks. In some situations, the electronic marketplace automatically determines prices to be paid for performance of tasks, such as in accordance with pricing-related criteria specified by task requesters who submit groups of numerous related tasks to be performed. Such pricing-related criteria may include various types of information about a desired pace of task performance for tasks of a group, and if so the electronic marketplace performs the automated price determination in such a manner as to accommodate the desired pace, such as by dynamically modifying prices when monitoring of an ongoing actual pace of performance of tasks differs sufficiently from a desired pace of performance." The patent application was filed on July 20, 2011 (13/187,412). 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=8,392,235&OS=8,392,235&RS=8,392,235 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent for Semantic Image Classification and Search ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,618) developed by Jason C. Chuang, Stanford, Calif., and Holger Winnemoeller, Seattle, for a "semantic image classification and search." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for categorizing digital images. A plurality of semantic category scores for a digital image are determined via application of a corresponding plurality of classifiers. A semantic category profile for the image is automatically determined based on the plurality of semantic category scores, where the semantic category profile characterizes semantic content of the image, and is useable to perform semantic based operations with respect to the image." The patent application was filed on Nov. 26, 2008 (12/324,328). 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=8,391,618&OS=8,391,618&RS=8,391,618 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Generating Variable-width Border Masks ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,594) developed by Jue Wang, Seattle, and Sarah Kong, Cupertino, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for generating variable-width border masks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus for generating variable-width border masks for objects in input images. Given an input image and an initial binary selection of an object in the image, a variable-width border mask method may be applied to automatically generate an accurate, variable-width border mask for the object. An initial border mask may be generated. An initial foreground probability map may be generated within the initial border mask using a Gaussian Mixture color modeling technique. A geodesic smoothing technique may be applied to the initial foreground probability map to reduce or remove noise. An optimization technique may be applied to optimize the foreground boundary, and a final variable-width border mask may be generated. The variable-width border mask may be used as input to image matting algorithms to generate an accurate alpha mask of the foreground object selected from the input image." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2009 (12/474,135). 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=8,391,594&OS=8,391,594&RS=8,391,594 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microvision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Microvision, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,391,668) developed by Christian Dean DeJong, Sammamish, Wash., for a "substrate guided relay having an absorbing edge to reduce alignment constraints." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Briefly, in accordance with one more embodiments, a substrate guided relay comprises a slab guide having an absorbing edge at a first end of the slab guide. An input coupler is disposed on a surface of the slab guide at an angle with respect to a first edge of the slab guide. An output coupler is disposed on the surface at a second end of the slab guide. Light rays that enter the slab guide toward the first end are absorbed by the absorbing edge, and light rays that enter the slab guide toward the output coupler exit the slab guide via the output coupler. The absorbing edge on the first edge of the slab guide allows the input coupler to be placed on the slab guide without regard to alignment of the input coupler with the first end of the slab guide." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2011 (13/005,736). 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=8,391,668&OS=8,391,668&RS=8,391,668 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Pixel Replacement ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,391,647) developed by Jay S. Gondek, Camas, Wash., for a pixel replacement.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a plurality of target pixels within a digital representation of an image are selected, and a corner gradient pattern is determined for each of the target pixels. The corner gradient pattern is analyzed to classify the target pixel as an edge pixel or a non-edge pixel. If the target pixel is a non-edge pixel, target pixel is replaced with a plurality of non-edge output pixels. If the target pixel is an edge pixel, the target pixel is replaced with a plurality of edge output pixels, including determination of an orientation of an edge, and selection, based on the orientation, and application of a filter kernel to produce the edge output pixels to replace the target pixel." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/706,848). 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=8,391,647&OS=8,391,647&RS=8,391,647 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** IRIS International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- IRIS International, Chatsworth, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,608) developed by Richard H. Turner, Mercer Island, Wash., and Eric Chapoulaud, Pasadena, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for analyzing body fluids." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for analyzing a specimen containing particles that can be difficult to differentiate. The system and method determines a first collective count of a selected group of particles in the specimen, treats at least a portion of the specimen to alter a subgroup of the selected group of particles, determines a second collective count of any of the selected group of particles in the treated portion of the specimen, and subtracts the second collective count from the first collective count to determine a differentiation count for the subgroup of particles altered by the treating of the specimen. The system and method is described with the example of determining concentrations of red and white blood cells in a specimen (e.g. spinal fluid), using auto-particle recognition techniques, without attempting to distinguish and count red versus white blood cells co-existing in the same specimen portion." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,947). 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=8,391,608&OS=8,391,608&RS=8,391,608 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,392,236) developed by Casey K. Fung, Kent, Wash., and Patrick C. Hung, Oshawa, Calif., for a "mobile network dynamic workflow exception handling system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An exception handling system and method are provided for dynamically recovering from a workflow exception occurring in a mobile network communication system. The system has multiple workflows and at least one mission critical item. An attack tree modeling analyses is performed to identify the mission critical item. Another operation includes writing a plurality of forward recovery rules to protect the mission critical item using a transaction datalog fragment of transaction logic. The recovery rules are enabled through an engine in communication with the mobile network communication system. The multiple workflows are monitored for indication of a system attack on any one of the multiple workflows. A new workflow is automatically generated upon detection of the system attack. The exception handling system is overlayed on the mobile network." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2005 (11/128,828). 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=8,392,236&OS=8,392,236&RS=8,392,236 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,673) developed by Kenneth G. Lafond, Brier, Wash., Badarinath N. Kommandur, Beaverton, Ore., and Prashant Gandhi, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "method, system, and apparatus to derive content related to a multimedia stream and dynamically combine and display the stream with the related content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment method includes receiving multimedia data from a source device. Then the method determines one or more pieces of content information from the received multimedia data through a content awareness algorithm. Next, the method searches one or more data repositories for relational information associated with the content information. Then the method retrieves any found relational information from the one or more data repositories. Finally, the method displays the retrieved relational information alongside the multimedia data on a display device." The patent application was filed on June 26, 2009 (12/459,137). 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=8,391,673&OS=8,391,673&RS=8,391,673 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.

*** Amazon Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Amazon Technologies, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,392,242) developed by four co-inventors for "computer-implemented methods for compensating entities that cooperatively provide access to content on web sites." The co-inventors are Brian J. Utter, Seattle, Sarah S. Bryar, Seattle, Anil K. Dedhia, Bellevue, Wash., and Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Computer systems and associated payment models are disclosed for compensating content providers, such as web site operators, that cooperatively provide user access to content. In one embodiment, when a user selects a link provided by an "originator" entity (e.g., on a web site of the originator entity) to access a "target" entity's content (e.g., content displayed on the target entity's web site), the user is charged a small transaction fee, such as 0.1 cents. A portion of this fee is paid to the originator, and a portion is paid to the target. An additional portion may be retained by a service provider that processes the link selection transaction. Embodiments are also disclosed involving different flows of monetary compensation between the user, the originator, the target, and the service provider." The patent application was filed on Sept. 21, 2005 (11/231,620). 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=8,392,242&OS=8,392,242&RS=8,392,242 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,205) developed by 14 co-inventors for "personalized plan development based on one or more reported aspects' association with one or more source users." The co-inventors are Shawn P. Firminger, Redmond, Wash., Jason Garms, Redmond, Wash., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Chris D. Karkanias, Sammamish, Wash., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, Wash., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Kristin M. Tolle, Redmond, Wash., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: providing one or more relevant reported aspects associated with one or more source users that are relevant to achieving one or more target outcomes, the providing of the one or more relevant reported aspects being based, at least in part, on the one or more relevant reported aspects' association with the one or more source users; and developing one or more personalized plans designed to facilitate an end user to achieve the one or more target outcomes when one or more emulatable aspects indicated by the one or more personalized plans are emulated, the development of the one or more personalized plans being based, at least in part, on the providing In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2009 (12/590,039). 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=8,392,205&OS=8,392,205&RS=8,392,205 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Activity-centric Granular Application Functionality ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,229) developed by eight co-inventors for an "activity-centric granular application functionality." The co-inventors are Steven W. Macbeth, Snohomish, Wash., Roland L. Fernandez, Woodinville, Wash., Brian R. Meyers, Issaquah, Wash., Desney S. Tan, Kirkland, Wash., George G. Robertson, Seattle, Nuria M. Oliver, Seattle, Oscar E. Murillo, Seattle, and Elin R. Pedersen, Seattle.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system that can enable the atomization of application functionality in connection with an activity-centric system is provided. The system can be utilized as a programmatic tool that decomposes an application's constituent functionality into atoms thereafter monitoring and aggregating atoms with respect to a particular activity. In doing so, the functionality of the system can be scaled based upon complexity and needs of the activity. Additionally, the system can be employed to monetize the atoms or activity capabilities based upon respective use." The patent application was filed on June 24, 2011 (13/168,176). 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=8,392,229&OS=8,392,229&RS=8,392,229 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent for System and Methods for Aircraft Preflight Inspection ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,392,045) developed by John L. Vian, Renton, Wash., and Emad W. Saad, Renton, Wash., for "system and methods for aircraft preflight inspection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of inspecting an aircraft. A plurality of heterogeneous unmanned vehicles are used to perform an inspection of the aircraft, each unmanned vehicle having one or more sensors. A plurality of portions of the aircraft are assigned to the vehicles for inspection based on functional capability of each vehicle. The unmanned vehicles are configured to cooperatively use the sensors to perform the inspection." The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2008 (12/205,658). 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=8,392,045&OS=8,392,045&RS=8,392,045 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Spansion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,070) developed by Fatima Bathul, Santa Clara, Calif., Darlene Gay Hamilton, Husum, Wash., and Guy Hadas, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "moving program verify level for programming of memory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and devices that employ moving program verify levels to facilitate programming data to memory elements in a memory component are presented. A program component can employs a specified number of program verify (PV) levels where a first program pulse is applied to a selected group of memory elements to facilitate verifying the cells to pass the first PV level. The PV level can be moved to a next PV level that is a higher charge level than or equal to the first PV level, and a subset of the group of cells that are below the next PV level are selected and a next program pulse is applied to the subset of cells to facilitate verifying the cells to pass the next PV level. The moving PV level process can continue until the group of memory elements is verified to pass the target PV level." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2008 (12/326,388). 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=8,391,070&OS=8,391,070&RS=8,391,070 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Promotional Correlation with Selective Vehicle Modes ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,101) developed by eight co-inventors for "promotional correlation with selective vehicle modes." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Thomas J. Nugent Jr., Bellevue, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Charles Whitmer, North Bend, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Exemplary methods, systems and components enable selective control of an operational mode for a vehicle that is subject to an administrative standard. In some instances a qualified person or entity may attain a possible consequential result related to a user-selected vehicle operation mode that may involve a vehicle operation paradigm and/or a vehicle travel route and/or a vehicle travel destination. In some embodiments, implementation of the selected vehicle operation mode may modify a conformity status of the vehicle relative to the administrative standard. Various accessible records may be maintained regarding administrative compliance states and their respective benefits, as well as regarding certification of preferable consequential results available to qualified recipients based on a correlated vehicle operational mode." The patent application was filed on Oct. 9, 2009 (12/587,703). 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=8,392,101&OS=8,392,101&RS=8,392,101 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Integrated Device Technology Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Externally Aided Self Adjusting Real Time Clock ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Integrated Device Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,392,001) developed by Tacettin Isik, Saratoga, Calif., and Jan Gazda, Sammamish, Wash., for a "method and apparatus for externally aided self adjusting real time clock." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for externally aided self adjusting real time clock have been disclosed. A circuit having a pulse train output is coupled to an adjusting circuit, a real-time clock is coupled to the adjusting circuit, and a proportional integral derivative time processor is coupled to the adjusting circuit, and where the adjusting circuit affects the pulse train output." The patent application was filed on May 3, 2008 (12/114,754). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,392,001&OS=8,392,001&RS=8,392,001 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Map Display System and Method ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,114) developed by five co-inventors for a "map display system and method." The co-inventors are Edward K.Y. Jung, Bellevue, Wash., Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Seattle, Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, and John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided are a computer system and methods related to a map display. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map, the map illustrating one or more locations; determining a status associated with at least one of the one or more locations on the map, the status being a function of one or more location interaction rules associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map; and generating a signal related to indicating on the map the status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2011 (13/136,600). 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=8,392,114&OS=8,392,114&RS=8,392,114 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Food Content Detector ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,123) developed by seven co-inventors for a food content detector. The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may include utensil means for portioning a foodstuff into a first portion and a second portion, a means for detecting a first portion size for the first portion with the utensil means, a means for detecting a second portion size for the second portion with the utensil means, and a means for determining a cumulative amount of portioned foodstuff based upon the first portion size and the second portion size." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/313,020). 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=8,392,123&OS=8,392,123&RS=8,392,123 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Food Content Detector ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,125) developed by seven co-inventors for a food content detector. The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may include utensil means for portioning a foodstuff into a first portion and a second portion, a means for detecting a first portion size for the first portion with the utensil means, a means for detecting a second portion size for the second portion with the utensil means, and a means for determining a cumulative amount of portioned foodstuff based upon the first portion size and the second portion size." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/313,025). 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=8,392,125&OS=8,392,125&RS=8,392,125 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent for System and Method for Calibrating a Location Determined by an Inertial Navigation Unit ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,392,140) developed by William G. Bartholet, Issaquah, Wash., for a "system and method for calibrating a location determined by an inertial navigation unit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and inertial navigation unit are provided in order to facilitate location determination by calibrating a location determined by an inertial navigation unit. The method may receive a magnetic pulse, such as a magnetic pulse generated by a lightening strike, with a plurality of first magnetometers and with a second magnetometer co-located with the inertial navigation unit. The method may also compare a representation of the magnetic pulse received by the plurality of first magnetometers to a respective representation of the magnetic pulse received by the second magnetometer. Further, the method may correct the location determined by the inertial navigation unit as a result of the comparing of the representation of the magnetic pulse received by the plurality of first magnetometers to the respective representation of the magnetic pulse received by the second magnetometer." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2010 (12/848,536). 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=8,392,140&OS=8,392,140&RS=8,392,140 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Food Content Detector ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 --Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,124) developed by seven co-inventors for a food content detector. The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may include utensil means for portioning a foodstuff into a first portion and a second portion, a means for detecting a first portion size for the first portion with the utensil means, a means for detecting a second portion size for the second portion with the utensil means, and a means for determining a cumulative amount of portioned foodstuff based upon the first portion size and the second portion size." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/313,021). 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=8,392,124&OS=8,392,124&RS=8,392,124 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta *** TechnoCam Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- TechnoCam, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,176) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for benchmarking location determining systems." The co-inventors are Sekhar Kota, Atlanta, Todd Crick, San Diego, Michael Dunn, Seattle, Mario Proietti, Fullerton, Calif., Khaled Dessouky, Studio City, Calif., Daniel A. Lambert, Carlsbad, Calif., and Ronald L. Poulin, Victoria, Canada.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and software are described for benchmarking the location determination capabilities of a wireless communications network. A mobile communications device is configured to receive data identifying a reference location for the device. A communications network, communicatively coupled with the mobile communications device, calculates a computed location for the device using an alternative location determination technique. The reference location and computed location may be determined for any number of additional devices, as well. The accuracy and reliability of a system may then be assessed by comparing one or more computed locations with associated reference locations. The latency attributable to the calculation of one or more computed locations may also be determined." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,421). 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=83,91,176.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,176&RS=PN/83,91,176 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,391,493) developed by Mingyan Li, Redmond, Wash., Patrick Tague, Seattle, and Radha Poovendran, Seattle, for a "probabilistic mitigation of control channel jamming via random key distribution in wireless communications networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An embodiment includes methods that generate random cryptographic keys, and send the keys to client devices. These methods may send representations of channel locator functions to the client devices, which may use the channel locator functions to locate particular control channels, using the random keys as input." The patent application was filed on Feb. 29, 2008 (12/040,317). 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=8,391,493&OS=8,391,493&RS=8,391,493 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Rambus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Rambus, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,338) developed by five co-inventors for "methods for estimation and interference cancellation for signal processing." The co-inventors are Gagandeep Singh Lamba, Woodinville, Wash., Tommy Guess, Lafayette, Colo., Michael McCloud, San Diego, Anand P. Narayan, Boulder, Colo., and Prashant Jain, Longmont, Colo.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiver in a CDMA system comprises a front end processor that generates a combined signal per source. A symbol estimator processes the combined signal to produce symbol estimates. An S-Matrix Generation module refines these symbol estimates based on the sub channel symbol estimates. An interference canceller is configured for cancelling interference from at least one of the plurality of received signals for producing at least one interference-cancelled signal." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2010 (12/916,439). 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=83,91,338.PN.&OS=PN/83,91,338&RS=PN/83,91,338 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,392,627) developed by Eric L. Eilebrecht, Woodinville, Wash., for an adaptive semaphore.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to semaphores. In aspects, a feedback mechanism is described that uses a semaphore to attempt to maximize throughput of a computer system. Throughput is tracked over periods of time. At or after the end of a period of time, the throughput of the period of time together with other data is used to determine whether a max count for a semaphore is to be changed and by how much. This monitoring of throughput and modifying of the max count may continue over subsequent periods of time to attempt to maximize throughput." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2011 (13/092,981). 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=8,392,627.PN.&OS=PN/8,392,627&RS=PN/8,392,627 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Fast Exit from Self-refresh State of a Memory Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,392,650) developed by Kuljit S. Bains, Olympia, Wash., for a "fast exit from self-refresh state of a memory device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system provides for a signal to indicate when a memory device exits from self-refresh. Thus, substantially at the same time (before or after) the memory device exits self-refresh, an indicator signal can be triggered to indicate normal operation or standard refresh operation and normal memory access of the memory device. A memory controller can access the indicator signal to determine whether the memory device is in self-refresh. Thus, the memory controller can more carefully manage the timing of sending a command to the memory device while reducing the delay time typically associated with detecting a self-refresh condition." The patent application was filed on April 1, 2010 (12/752,918). 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=8,392,650.PN.&OS=PN/8,392,650&RS=PN/8,392,650 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Dynamic Configuration of Call Controls for Communication Peripherals ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,391,456) developed by Anton Krantz, Redmond, Wash., Brian Meek, Redmond, Wash., and Mu Han, Redmond, Wash., for a "dynamic configuration of call controls for communication peripherals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Callers of an enhanced communication system are enabled to improve their communication experience by receiving context specific call controls on their peripheral device before, during, and/or after a call. A communication application determines context specific commands and configures/reconfigures call controls on the peripheral device. The peripheral device displays the call context specific controls in different stages of operation and forwards user selection(s) to the communication application without a need to understand the commands of perform actions associated with the commands." The patent application was filed on March 20, 2009 (12/408,334). 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=8,391,456&OS=8,391,456&RS=8,391,456 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** ELWHA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- ELWHA, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,391,934) developed by six co-inventors for a "customized hardware selection for a mobile phone." The co-inventors are Alistair K. Chan, Bainbridge Island, Wash., Philip A. Eckhoff, Bellevue, Wash., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, Calif., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile phone is provided. The mobile phone includes a shell and a hardware component coupled to the shell, wherein the hardware component is selected from a set of interchangeable components having substantially the same size but different functions." The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2011 (13/340,463). 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=8,391,934.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,934&RS=PN/8,391,934 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Airbiquity Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Airbiquity, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,391,775) developed by four co-inventors for a "mobile digital radio playlist system." The co-inventors are Kamyar Moinzadeh, Bellevue, Wash., Leon Hong, Sammamish, Wash., Tom Shigeno, Seattle, and David Quimby, Seattle.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are disclosed for implementing a mobile digital radio playlist system. The playlist need not be maintained in a vehicle; preferably it is maintained on a user's equipment such as a computer, PDA, MP3 player or the like. The system enables a method of updating such a playlist conveniently, for example while traveling in a vehicle, by capturing indicia of a current song in a mobile digital radio receiver in response to a user capture input; transmitting the captured indicia from the digital radio receiver to a wireless telecommunication device; in the wireless telecommunication device, forwarding the captured indicia to a playlist server; and in the playlist server, forwarding the received indicia to the user's equipment to update the playlist." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2008 (12/043,933). 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=8,391,775.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,775&RS=PN/8,391,775 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for Order-based Human Interactive Proofs (HIPs) and Automatic Difficulty Rating of HIPs ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,391,771) developed by Joshua T. Goodman, Redmond, Wash., and Robert L. Rounthwaite, Fall City, Wash., for an "order-based human interactive proofs (HIPs) and automatic difficulty rating of HIPs." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention involves a system and method that facilitate identifying human interaction by utilizing HIPs such as order-based HIPs and determining a difficulty rating of any type of HIPs in an automated fashion. Order-based HIPs require a user to identify elements in the sequence as well as to identify a correct order of the elements in the sequence. The invention involves presenting a user with at least two HIPs such that the HIP can be of known and/or unknown difficulty. A user that correctly answers the HIP of known difficulty gains access to the HIP-controlled resource, action or application. The user's response to the HIP of unknown difficulty can then be examined and employed to determine whether that HIP is too difficult for humans to solve. Alternatively, at least one HIP can be presented. Difficulty of individual HIP parameters can also be determined." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2007 (11/759,464). 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=8,391,771.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,771&RS=PN/8,391,771 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Impinj Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Impinj, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,391,785) developed by John D. Hyde, Corvallis, Ore., and Kurt E. Sundstrom, Woodinville, Wash., for an "interference rejection in RFID tags." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "RFID tags, tag circuits, and methods are provided that reject at least in part the distortion caused to wireless signals by interference in the environment. When the received RF wave is converted into an unfiltered input (971), a filtered output (972) is generated that does not include an artifact feature deriving from the distortion. The filtered output is used instead of the unfiltered input, which results in tag operation as if there were less interference in the environment, or none at all." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2010 (12/749,648). 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=8,391,785.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,785&RS=PN/8,391,785 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Microsoft Assigned Patent for User-based Authentication for Realtime Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,391,452) developed by six co-inventors for a "user-based authentication for realtime communications." The co-inventors are Anton W. Krantz, Redmond, Wash., Amey Parandekar, Redmond, Wash., Vadim Eydelman, Bellevue, Wash., Sankaran Narayanan, Redmond, Wash., Namendra Kumar, Bellevue, Wash., and Sachin Sheth, Bothell, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Architecture for a communications system enabling a user to provision a telephone at a new location without network administrative pre-configuring. An input component (e.g., keypad) receives a numeric extension and PIN. The extension is a telephone extension of the user and the PIN can be administratively assigned. A location component provides location information of an enterprise communications server to the telephone based on the extension. The telephone uses the location information to send messages to the enterprise communications server. A registration component registers the telephone with the enterprise communications server based on the numeric extension. A telephony address is returned to the telephone. An authentication component authenticates the telephone based on the PIN. Upon authentication, the extension is assigned to the telephone, and telephone communications can be sent and received from that location." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2009 (12/432,773). 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=8,391,452&OS=8,391,452&RS=8,391,452 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** T-Mobile USA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- T-Mobile USA, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,391,935) developed by four co-inventors for a "multifunction mobile device having a movable element, such as a display, and associated functions." The co-inventors are Marianna Wickman, Seattle, William D. Webb II, San Francisco, Jesse S. Madsen, Oakland, Calif., Randy Meyerson, Seattle, Feridoon Malekzadeh, Seattle, and Jennifer Sadler, Seattle.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile device is configured to operate in at least three modes that provide increased functionality, increased power consumption, and/or increased user input/output. In one example, the mobile device includes a first mode where some electrical components are powered down, and a secondary display may provide some information to a user. In a second mode, a primary display is energized and an audio mode is initially activated. A third mode provides full or nearly full functionality and/or user input/output." The patent application was filed on March 23, 2009 (12/409,469). 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=8,391,935.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,935&RS=PN/8,391,935 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Intel Assigned Patent for Software-defined Radio Support in Sequestered Partitions ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,913) developed by five co-inventors for a "software-defined radio support in sequestered partitions." The co-inventors are Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, Wash., Michael A. Rothman, Puyallup, Wash., Palsamy Sakthikumar, Puyallup, Wash., Mallik Bulusu, Olympia, Wash., and Robert C. Swanson, Olympia, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A software-defined radio (SDR) capability may be provided in a general purpose, many core processing system by sequestering one or more partitions running on one or more cores and instantiating a communications capability by having discrete SDR functions performed by the sequestered partitions. Each SDR module embodied in a sequestered partition may be independently upgraded without modifying the hardware of the underlying processing system. By executing SDR modules in cores not accessible by application programs and/or an operating system (OS), a better Quality of Service (QoS) may be provided for wireless communications on the general purpose, multi-core processing system. An embodiment comprises isolating a core of a many core processing system as a sequestered partition, loading a software-defined radio module onto the core, and executing the software-defined module to implement wireless communications." The patent application was filed on July 18, 2007 (11/779,803). 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=8,391,913.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,913&RS=PN/8,391,913 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Unwired Planet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Unwired Planet, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,391,450) developed by five co-inventors for a "unified and best messaging systems for communication devices." The co-inventors are Jason Rukman, Woodinville, Wash., Joseph Edward Heitzeberg, Seattle, Thomas Jay Hoover, Seattle, Ethan Lowry, Seattle, and Patrick Greer Franklin, Covington, Wash.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A unified messaging system which can provide messaging services for a plurality of different "message types" is disclosed. The unified messaging system can serve as a single interface to a number of messaging services provided by various messaging components which use different message types (e.g., mail server). A unified message type is implemented and presented to a user as an abstract message. In addition, the unified messaging system can automatically determine, based on a first selected feature, if one or more message types should be used. A particular message type can also be automatically selected as a "best message type" based on one or more selected options." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2010 (12/722,343). 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=8,391,450&OS=8,391,450&RS=8,391,450 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Medtronic Assigned Patent for Apparatus and Method for Non-invasive Induction of Ventricular Fibrillation ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,391,973) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for non-invasive induction of ventricular fibrillation." The co-inventors are Vladimir P. Nikolski, Blaine, Minn., William J. Havel, Maple Grove, Minn., Joseph L. Sullivan, Kirkland, Wash., Daniel W. Piraino, Seattle, and Eric R. Williams, Maple Grove, Minn.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for delivering an external shock pulse receive pacing pulses generated by a first device and a shock pulse generated by a second device. An output of the apparatus is coupled to patient electrodes and the apparatus controls delivery of the received pacing pulses to the output and delivery of the received shock pulse to the output. A control module, pacing control and shock control included in the apparatus cooperatively control delivery of the received shock pulse to the output at a predetermined delay after one of the received pacing pulses." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,663). 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=8,391,973.PN.&OS=PN/8,391,973&RS=PN/8,391,973 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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