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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Texas (April 11)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** STP Nuclear Operating Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- STP Nuclear Operating, Wadsworth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,416,909) developed by four co-inventors for a "nuclear fuel cell repair tool." The co-inventors are Walter S. Childers, Brazoria, Texas, Terry A. Brewer, Palacios, Texas, Satish K. Dubey, Sugar Land, Texas, and Robert L. Schuck, Jones Creek, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of repairing a nuclear fuel cell wall and tools useful for performing that repair are described. A repair tool may be used to align a jack near a region of a bent or distorted structural component of nuclear fuel cell and that jack may be used to apply a force to that structural component. Application of such a force may serve to bend the structural component of a nuclear fuel cell in a way to restore the structural component to its position before damage occurred. The repair tool includes a way of mounting that tool to a fuel cell, positioning elements to align the tool near a structural deformation or bent element and a jack that may be use to apply a force to at least one structural component in a fuel cell." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2009 (12/569,746). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,16,909.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,909&RS=PN/84,16,909 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Network Location Based Processing of Data Communication Connection Requests ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,416,754) developed by Venkat Venkatsubra, Austin, Texas, and Richard P. Youngman, Cedar Park, Texas, for "network location based processing of data communication connection requests." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Responsive to receiving a request for a data communications connection, a data communications module of a receiver determines whether a sender of the request is local or remote with respect to the receiver. The data communications module also determines whether a location response flag indicates local or remote. If the relative location of the sender with respect to the receiver corresponds with the location response flag, then the data communications connection is allowed. Otherwise, the connection is not allowed." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2012 (13/370,015). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,16,754.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,754&RS=PN/84,16,754 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Agere Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Agere Systems, Allentown, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,416,907) developed by Pervez M. Aziz, Dallas, Gregory W. Sheets, Breinigsville, Pa., and Vladimir Sindalovsky, Perkasie, Pa., for a "method and apparatus for integral state initialization and quality of lock monitoring in a clock and data recovery system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the performance of second order CDR systems. The integral state of the CDR system is initialized to a value that is based on an expected frequency profile that may be known a priori for certain applications. One or more quality of lock (QOL) metrics are also monitored that are derived from the integral register state value. A quality of a locking between a received signal and a local clock generated by a Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) system is evaluated by monitoring a state value of an integral register in a digital loop filter of the CDR system; evaluating one or more predefined criteria based on the integral register state value; and identifying a poor lock condition if the one or more predefined criteria are not satisfied." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2010 (12/846,390). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,16,907.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,907&RS=PN/84,16,907 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Xilinx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,416,841) developed by Hai-Jo Tarn, San Jose, Calif., Raied N. Mazahreh, Cottonwood Heights, Utah, and Raghavendar M. Rao, Austin, Texas, for "multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) decoding with subcarrier grouping." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) receiver circuitry is described. In one circuit, input circuitry provides a matrix of unresolved symbols received from a plurality of receive antennas. Channel estimation circuitry constructs a plurality of channel matrices including at least two channel matrices corresponding first and second subcarriers, respectively. A preprocessing circuit receives input from the plurality of channel matrices and interleaves retrieved input into an input matrix. A first systolic array includes boundary cells and internal cells. The boundary cells and internal cells are configured to perform triangulation and back-substitution on the input matrix to produce an output matrix. A second systolic array performs right and left multiplication operations and cross-diagonal transpose on the output matrix to produce a weighted matrix. An output circuit multiplies the weighted matrix by the matrix of unresolved symbols from the input circuitry to produce an estimate of isolated symbols corresponding to the unresolved symbols." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2009 (12/623,624). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,16,841.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,841&RS=PN/84,16,841 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Texas Instruments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Texas Instruments, Dallas, has been assigned a patent (8,416,893) developed by Hardik Prakash Gandhi, Mountain View, Calif., and Zigang Yang, Plano, Texas, for "systems and methods of improved power amplifier efficiency through adjustments in crest factor reduction." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Crest factor reduction algorithms described herein may be used to improve power amplifier efficiency during low signal power conditions compared to traditional static threshold techniques. Techniques described herein insure that the signal power level at the output of the crest fact reduction block is held constant relative to the input power level under all signal power level conditions. Two different solutions may be implemented together or separately to achieve the desired conditions. The first technique provides constant ratio between input power and output power. Constant ratio of peak and average output levels keeps the amount of crest factor reduction applied to the signal constant, irrespective of the signal power level. A second technique is to hold signal power level constant in respect to the amount of crest factor reduction applied." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2010 (12/957,278). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,16,893.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,893&RS=PN/84,16,893 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Futurewei Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Futurewei Technologies, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,416,770) developed by Serge Francois Fourcand, Fairview, Texas, for "universal service transport transitional encoding." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus comprising a switch fabric coupled to a plurality of interfaces and configured to switch a plurality of universal service transport (UST) multiplexing (USTM) data streams between the interfaces, wherein the USTM data streams comprise packet-switched traffic, circuit-switched traffic, and transitional signaling that indicates a change of state between the packet-switched traffic and the circuit-switched traffic, wherein the transitional signaling does not indicate the state in every octet of the USTM data streams. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to receive a data that corresponds to a flow, identify the flow using a flow map, determine whether there is a change in a state of the flow, send transitional signaling on a USTM data stream that indicates the state of the flow if the state of flow has changed, and send the data on the USTM data stream." The patent application was filed on July 15, 2010 (12/836,638). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,16,770.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,770&RS=PN/84,16,770 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Segmented Transmission for Broadcast Messages Using Multiple Antennas ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,416,802) developed by Hang Jin, Plano, Texas, John Grabner, Plano, Texas, and Daniel Wee, Garland, Texas, for a "segmented transmission for broadcast messages using multiple antennas." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are provided herein to segment subcarriers for broadcast transmission to one or more mobile stations. A broadcast message to be transmitted from a first device is generated. The broadcast message comprises a plurality of symbols and each symbol is to be transmitted at a different one of a plurality of frequency subcarriers. The plurality of subcarriers is divided into groups and each group of subcarriers is assigned to a corresponding one of a plurality of antennas of the first device. The groups of subcarriers are transmitted from corresponding ones of the plurality of antennas." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2008 (12/337,210). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=84,16,802.PN.&OS=PN/84,16,802&RS=PN/84,16,802 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,416,714) developed by Ciprian Agapi, Boca Raton, Fla., William K. Bodin, Austin, Texas, and Charles W. Cross Jr., Boca Raton, Fla., for multimodal teleconferencing. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Multimodal teleconferencing including receiving, by a multimodal teleconferencing module, a speech utterance from one of a plurality of participants in the multimodal teleconference; identifying the participant making the speech utterance as a current speaker; retrieving, by the multimodal teleconferencing module from accounts for the current speaker, content for display to the current speaker; retrieving, by the multimodal teleconferencing module from accounts for the current speaker, content for display to one or more other participants in the multimodal teleconference; providing, by the multimodal teleconferencing module to a multimodal teleconferencing client for display to the current speaker, an identification of the speaker and the content retrieved for the speaker; and providing, by the multimodal teleconferencing module to one or more of multimodal teleconferencing clients for display to the other participants, an identification of the current speaker with the content retrieved for the one or more other participants in the multimodal teleconference." The patent application was filed on Aug. 5, 2009 (12/535,923). 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=8,416,714&OS=8,416,714&RS=8,416,714 Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand. *** StrongMail Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- StrongMail Systems, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,417,558) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for identifying offered incentives that will achieve an objective." The co-inventors are Ryan Michael Koonce, Austin, Texas, James Newton Calhoun Jr., Ross, Calif., David Allen Bell, Berkeley, Calif., and Sage Bray, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer implemented method of improving the performance of a viral marketing program comprises exposing, via a computer network, a first offered incentive to a first plurality of users. A first consumer viral marketing action is to be completed to receive the first incentive. First data indicative of the first plurality of users' progress toward achieving the first action is collected thereby providing a likelihood of the first incentive obtaining an objective. A second incentive is exposed to a second plurality of users. A second consumer viral marketing action is to be completed to receive the second incentive. Second data indicative of the second plurality of users' progress toward achieving the second marketing action is collected thereby providing a likelihood of the second incentive obtaining the objective. The first and second data is compared using a metric to identify which incentive is more likely to obtain the objective." The patent application was filed on March 19, 2012 (13/424,302). 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=8,417,558&OS=8,417,558&RS=8,417,558 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Natural Language Interface Customization ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,417,509) developed by eight co-inventors for a "natural language interface customization." The co-inventors are George Dante M. Pineda, Elbum, Ill., David L. Howell, Plainfield, Ill., Laura R. Pszczolkowski, Wayne, Ill., David Findley, St. Peters, Mo., Stephen Dulaney, Austin, Texas, Amy Hicks, Belleville, Ill., Yongmei Jia, Chicago, and George W. Krauss, Carpentersville, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A predefined interface is presented to a remote user. A natural language inquiry from the remote user is received via the predefined interface. The natural language inquiry is configured for use in an analysis. A customized interface is presented to the remote user based on the analysis of the natural language inquiry. The customized interface includes a customized set of communications options for the remote user to route communications." The patent application was filed on June 12, 2007 (11/761,492). 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=8,417,509&OS=8,417,509&RS=8,417,509 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Enabling Real-time Testing of On-demand Infrastructure to Predict Service Level Agreement Compliance ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,417,499) developed by four co-inventors for an "enabling real-time testing of on-demand infrastructure to predict service level agreement compliance." The co-inventors are Yen-Fu Chen, Austin, Texas, John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, Texas, Abhay Pradhan, Hyderabad, India, and Hari Shankar, Cary, N.C. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Provided is an apparatus and method for demonstrating the efficiency and effectiveness of a customer's information technology (IT) system and applications operating in a shared IT, or electronic business on-demand, environment. A test suite mimics hypothetical settings in an on-demand services environment (129) and then determines how the settings affect the allocation of resources in the on-demand services environment (129). The calculated allocation of resources is then compared to one or more service level agreements (SLAs) in order to determine compliance with a particular SLA." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2004 (10/815,233). 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=8,417,499&OS=8,417,499&RS=8,417,499 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** WesternGeco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- WesternGeco, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,417,497) developed by Konstantin S. Osypov, Houston, David Nichols, Houston, and Can Evren Yarman, Houston, for an "updating a model of a subterranean structure using decomposition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "To update a model of a subterranean structure, a partial decomposition is computed of an operator that is used to compute a parameterization representing the update of the model. The partial decomposition of the operator is selected from among a partial eigendecomposition of a Fisher information operator, and a singular value decomposition of the operator. A term based on additional information is combined with the partial decomposition of the operator to derive an update of the model." The patent application was filed on Jan. 15, 2009 (12/354,548). 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=8,417,497&OS=8,417,497&RS=8,417,497 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Precision Energy Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Precision Energy Services, Fort Worth, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,417,456) developed by Charles Lee Mauldin, Spring, Texas, Barry Vincent Schneider, Spring, Texas, and Mark Adrian Smith, Houston, for a "downhole drilling vibration analysis." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Downhole drilling vibration analysis uses acceleration data measured in three orthogonal axes downhole while drilling to determine whether drilling assembly's efficiency has fallen to a point where the assembly needs to be pulled. In real or near real time, a downhole tool calculates impulse in at least one direction using the measured acceleration data over an acquisition period and determines whether the calculated impulse exceeds a predetermined acceleration threshold for the acquisition period. If the impulse exceeds the threshold, the tool pulses the impulse data to the surface where the calculated impulse is correlated to efficiency of the assembly as the drillstring is used to drill in real time. Based on the correlation, operators can determine whether to pull the assembly if excessive impulse occurs continuously over a predetermined penetration depth." The patent application was filed on July 27, 2012 (13/560,843). 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=8,417,456&OS=8,417,456&RS=8,417,456 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,417,455) developed by Lili Zhong, Missouri City, Texas, and Qiming Li, Sugar Land, Texas, for "triaxial antenna electromagnetic measurements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to a method to determine a formation property of a subsurface formation. A downhole logging tool having two or more antennas, at least one of the antennas being a non-co-located triaxial antenna, is provided. Azimuthally sensitive measurements are obtained using the antennas of the downhole logging tool. The measurements are fitted to a Fourier series having Fourier coefficients and the non-co-location of the triaxial antenna is compensated for by adjusting the Fourier coefficients. Compensated measurements are determined using the adjusted Fourier coefficients and the formation property of the subsurface formation is determined using the compensated measurements. The compensating may use one or more scale factors that depend on an amplitude, phase, and/or frequency of the received signal, and an alignment angle between the triaxial antenna and another of the antennas of the logging tool." The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (12/975,664). 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=8,417,455&OS=8,417,455&RS=8,417,455 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,417,525) developed by Sheri Gayle Daye, Boca Raton, Fla., Peeyush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, Fla., and Fang Wang, Plano, Texas, for an "adaptive voice print for conversational biometric engine." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computer-implemented method, system and/or program product update voice prints over time. A receiving computer receives an initial voice print. A determining period of time is calculated for that initial voice print. This determining period of time is a length of time during which an expected degree of change in subsequent voice prints, in comparison to the initial voice print, is predicted to occur. A new voice print is received after the determining period of time has passed, and the new voice print is compared with the initial voice print. In response to a change to the new voice print falling within the expected degree of change in comparison to the initial voice print, a voice print store is updated with the new voice print." The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2010 (12/702,512). 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=8,417,525&OS=8,417,525&RS=8,417,525 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,417,457) developed by Javier Alejandro Franquet, Spring, Texas, for "borehole stress module and methods for use." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The disclosure is directed to methods and apparatuses for estimating a response relating to a formation by stressing a wall of a borehole during either wireline or while drilling deployment. The response may be estimated by stressing the wall of a borehole formed in the formation; and estimating a response of the borehole wall to the stress. The response may be estimated using a force module configured to induce the stress around borehole and a tool configured to estimate the response of the borehole wall to the stress." The patent application was filed on July 7, 2010 (12/831,538). 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=8,417,457&OS=8,417,457&RS=8,417,457 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** 1Spire Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- 1Spire, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,417,570) developed by Patrick Thielke, Houston, and Josh Cincinnati, Houston, for a "system for automated media delivery to mobile devices and mobile device lockscreens." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for automated media delivery to mobile devices and mobile device lockscreens. The method includes receiving a first media request associated with a first target device, obtaining a first user account associated with the first media request, wherein the first user account comprises first user category criteria; selecting a first user-submitted media item based on the first user category criteria, and sending, to the first target device, the first user-submitted media object, wherein the first user-submitted media object is presented on a lock screen of the first target device. The method further includes receiving a second media request associated with the first target device, selecting a first advertiser-submitted media object based on the first user category criteria, and sending, to the first target device, the first advertiser-submitted media object, wherein the first advertiser-submitted media object is presented on the lock screen of the first target device." The patent application was filed on April 5, 2012 (13/440,565). 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=8,417,570&OS=8,417,570&RS=8,417,570 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Fisher-Rosemount Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Round Rock, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,417,595) developed by Marion A. Keyes, St. Louis, Mark J. Nixon, Round Rock, Texas, and Terrence Lynn Blevins, Round Rock, Texas, for "economic calculations in a process control system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process control system includes economic models disposed in communication with process control modules, as well as with sources of economic data such as cost, throughput and profit data, and uses the economic models to determine useful economic parameters or information associated with the actual operation of the process plant at the time the plant is operating. The economic models can be used to provide financial statistics such as profitability, cost of manufactured product, etc. in real time based on the actual current operating state of the process and the business data associated with the finished product, raw materials, etc. These financial statistics can be used to drive alarms and alerts within the process network and be used as inputs to process plant optimizers, etc. to provide for better or more optimal control of the process and to provide a better understanding of the conditions which lead to maximum profitability of the plant." The patent application was filed on May 13, 2010 (12/779,642). 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=8,417,595&OS=8,417,595&RS=8,417,595 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** CyberSource Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Custom Strategy Specification in a Hosted Electronic Transaction Service System ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- CyberSource, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,417,587) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for custom strategy specification in a hosted electronic transaction service system." The co-inventors are Michael Pe Jimenez, San Carlos, Calif., Jeffrey Leroy King, Campbell, Calif., Theodore Arthur Strout, Austin, Texas, and Timothy Robert Harding, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A merchant generates a customized service strategy related to a suite of electronic transaction services hosted by a service provider. The custom strategy specifies services to perform, and possibly an order in which to perform the services, by a service provider in relation to an electronic transaction associated with the merchant. Through use of a user interface, the strategy can be represented as a graphical decision tree, with terminal nodes representing services or actions. A customized strategy is transmitted to a service provider, as is transaction related information, whereby the service provider can service the transaction according to the strategy and based on the transaction information. Scheduling information that specifies different strategies to apply to different transaction scenarios can be generated. A strategy is selected by a service provider based on the scheduling information and transaction information, and is used to service one or more electronic transactions." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2011 (13/237,820). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,417,587&OS=8,417,587&RS=8,417,587 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** O2Micro Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- O2Micro, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,417,054) developed by Steven M. Farrer, Santa Clara, Calif., and Neil Morrow, McKinney, Texas, for a "system and method for optimizing camera settings." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is provided a recognition system. The recognition system is coupled to an image capturing device, and determines a first matching percentage by comparing a first live image with a first reference image, determines a second matching percentage by comparing a second live image with the first reference image, compares the first matching percentage with the second matching percentage to determine a direction of adjustment of a setting of the image capturing device, and generates a feedback signal to adjust the setting based on the direction of adjustment. The first live image and second live image are captured by the image capturing device." The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2012 (13/345,618). 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=8,417,054&OS=8,417,054&RS=8,417,054 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,417,069) developed by David Zhi Chen, Richardson, Texas, for a "multi dimension high security communication over multi mode fiber waveguide." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may comprise a single wavelength laser; a modulator optically coupled to said laser; a length of multi-mode fiber optically coupled to said modulator; and a phase mask optically coupled to said fiber. The phase mask may be configured to filter out modes other than a selected mode." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2009 (12/495,506). 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=8,417,069&OS=8,417,069&RS=8,417,069 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent for Line Loss Tester ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,416,922) developed by Steven M. Wollmershauser, San Antonio, Yolius Diroo, San Antonio, and Edward A. Walter, Boerne, Texas, for a line loss tester. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A signal testing apparatus includes a transmitter, a first receiver, a second receiver, a first indicator and a second indicator. The transmitter transmits over a wired communications link a first signal having a corresponding first frequency representative of a first frequency range of the wired communications link, and that transmits over the wired communications link a second signal having a corresponding second frequency representative of a second frequency range of the wired communications link. Signal losses for the first signal and second signal are measured, and indicators indicate whether the signal losses are acceptable." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2012 (13/530,275). 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=8,416,922&OS=8,416,922&RS=8,416,922 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Silicon Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Silicon Laboratories, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,417,206) developed by John L. Allen, Dripping Springs, Texas, Javier Elenes, Austin, Texas, and Gerald D. Champagne, Buda, Texas, for "methods and systems for blending between stereo and mono in a FM receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for blending the audio output from a received FM signal between stereo and mono in which the L-R (left-minus-right) gain of the FM MPX may be adjusted as a function of RF signal to noise ratio (SNR) and the L+R (left-plus-right) noise level. During blending, the L-R gain based on the RF SNR and L+R noise may be reduced in a manner such that the total noise is kept substantially constant throughout the stereo-to-mono blend region." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2010 (12/799,983). 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=8,417,206&OS=8,417,206&RS=8,417,206 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,417,214) developed by Jayshree Bharatia, Plano, Texas, Sonia Garapaty, Frisco, Texas, and Amarjit Deol, Plano, Texas, for a "method for obtaining location information for emergency services in wireless multimedia networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for obtaining end-user location information for emergency services within a multimedia network is presented. The multimedia network may include a network implementing the Session Initiation Protocol, H.323, etc. In one embodiment, a Location Application Server (LAS) in the multimedia network and an interface between the LAS and a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) is defined." The patent application was filed on June 20, 2012 (13/528,138). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,417,214&OS=8,417,214&RS=8,417,214 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Corning Cable Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Corning Cable Systems, Hickory, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,417,085) developed by Brandon A. Barnes, Fort Worth, Texas, and Greg J. Scherer, Keller, Texas, for an "optical fiber termination holder and methods for using the same." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed are holders for preparing one or more optical fibers for termination and methods of using a holder when preparing and/or making a termination using a mechanical splice connector. In one embodiment, the optical fiber holder includes a body having a longitudinal passageway for receiving an optical fiber and a retainer. The retainer fits into a portion of an opening of the body and has a first side with a resilient member for securing one or more optical fibers to the holder. A front portion of the holder may be inserted into one or more assemblies for perform operations to prepare the at least one optical fiber for termination and/or making a termination using a mechanical splice connector." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2009 (12/550,744). 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=8,417,085&OS=8,417,085&RS=8,417,085 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Baker Hughes, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,417,084) developed by Carl W. Stoesz, Houston, and Clark Davis Boyd, Radford, Va., for a "distributed optical pressure and temperature sensors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a carrier for an optical fiber having a plurality of optical sensors located thereon. The carrier has a test section comprising a cavity and at least one geometric discontinuity, wherein in response to a pressure applied to the test section, a stress concentration is formed proximate to the geometric discontinuity, and wherein the optical sensor is adhered to at least a part of the geometric discontinuity. The cavity may be filled with a liquid or a gel. A temperature optical sensor may also be provided adjacent to the pressure optical sensor." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2008 (12/166,956). 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=8,417,084&OS=8,417,084&RS=8,417,084 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Conference Call Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,416,936) developed by five co-inventors for a conference call management. The co-inventors are Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Mich., Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, Texas, Charles S. Lingafelt, Durham, N.C., Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, Texas, and John E. Moore Jr., Brownsburg, Ind. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A conference call management method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor from a conference call administrator, a command for enabling a first conference call. The computer processor enables the first conference call thereby allowing telecommunications between the conference call administrator and a first participant. The computer processor locks the first conference call such that additional participants are unable to access the first conference call. The computer processor receives from a second participant, a conference call request for accessing a second conference call and routes the second participant to a virtual holding area. The computer processor enables the second conference call and routes the second participant from the virtual holding area to the second conference call." The patent application was filed on April 17, 2012 (13/448,572). 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=8,416,936&OS=8,416,936&RS=8,416,936 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** United Services Automobile Association (USAA) Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,416,924) developed by Ryan Ray Barth, San Antonio, and Ryan Todd Everett, Boerne, Texas, for "methods and systems for customer directed rounded purchase amount investments." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A customer-directed rounded-amount investment method includes determining whether a debit-card transaction is a qualifying transaction, determining whether the debit-card transaction is an odd-amount transaction and, if the transaction is an odd-amount qualifying transaction, crediting a customer-directed account in a rounded-difference amount." The patent application was filed on Oct. 10, 2006 (11/548,169). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,416,924&OS=8,416,924&RS=8,416,924 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Phone Number Extraction System for Voice Mail Messages ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,416,928) developed by Venkatesan Ramamoorthy, Round Rock, Texas, and Keith R. Walker, Austin, Texas, for a "phone number extraction system for voice mail messages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, apparatuses, and media for extracting phone numbers from voice mail messages are disclosed. Embodiments may include a method for determining a phone number in a voice mail message that includes analyzing a message and determining phone number(s) associated with the message based on the analysis. Embodiments of the method may also include generating a macro based on the determined phone number(s) and performing a macro action for at least one generated macro. In some embodiments, analyzing the message and determining phone number(s) associated with the message may include detecting a trigger word and parsing words in the message after the detected trigger word. In other embodiments, analyzing the message and determining one or more phone numbers associated with the message may include analyzing a voice-to-number dictionary and determining phone number(s) based on the dictionary. The macro action may include dialing, storing, deleting, etc. a phone number." The patent application was filed on May 23, 2008 (12/126,509). 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=8,416,928&OS=8,416,928&RS=8,416,928 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cyberonics, Flint Hills Scientific Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Cyberonics, Houston, and Flint Hills Scientific, Lawrence, Kan., have been assigned a patent (8,417,344) developed by John C. Colborn, League City, Texas, Mark G. Frei, Oviedo, Fla., and Ivan Osorio, Leawood, Kan., for a "dynamic cranial nerve stimulation based on brain state determination from cardiac data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of treating a medical condition in a patient using an implantable medical device, comprising providing an electrical signal generator; providing at least a first electrode operatively coupled to the electrical signal generator and to a vagus nerve of the patient; sensing cardiac data of the patient; determining at least a first cardiac parameter based upon said cardiac data; setting at least a first value; declaring an unstable brain state of a patient from said at least a first cardiac parameter and said at least a first value; and adjusting the at least a first value. Also, a computer readable program storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs the method. In addition, the implantable medical device used in the method." The patent application was filed on Oct. 24, 2008 (12/258,019). 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=8,417,344.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,344&RS=PN/8,417,344 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Oracle International, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,417,961) developed by Christopher H. Olson, Austin, Texas, Gregory F. Grohoski, Bee Cave, Texas, and Lawrence A. Spracklen, Boulder Creek, Calif., for an "apparatus and method for implementing instruction support for performing a cyclic redundancy check (CRC)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques relating to a processor including instruction support for implementing a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) operation. The processor may issue, for execution, programmer-selectable instructions from a defined instruction set architecture (ISA). The processor may include a cryptographic unit configured to receive instructions that include a first instance of a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) instruction defined within the ISA, where the first instance of the CRC instruction is executable by the cryptographic unit to perform a first CRC operation on a set of data that produces a checksum value. In one embodiment, the cryptographic unit is configured to generate the checksum value using a generator polynomial of 0x11EDC6F41. In some embodiments, the first instance of the CRC instruction specifies an initial value to be used in performing the first CRC operation, the set of data, and a storage location in which the cryptographic unit is configured to store the checksum value produced by the first CRC operation." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2010 (12/725,243). 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=8,417,961.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,961&RS=PN/8,417,961 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Orametrix Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Orametrix, Richardson, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,417,366) developed by Phillip Getto, Plano, Texas, Rohit Sachdeva, Plano, Texas, and Peer Sporbert, Berlin, for a "compensation orthodontic archwire design." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and workstation automatically designing an arch-wire including compensations for auxiliary appliances or biological constraints exerting unknown forces to achieve a pre-planned treatment goal are disclosed. The adjusted customized arch-wire is designed after an initial customized arch-wire has been used to treat a patient and is at or near equilibrium. The initial custom arch-wire is first designed by producing a 3D computer-based, geometrical model of a patient's dentition, locating brackets on the digital tooth model, moving the digital tooth models to planned final positions and orientations, and then calculating a wire which fits in the slots of the brackets while the teeth are in their planned final positions and exerts no forces on the brackets. After a period of time the teeth will move under the force of the wire and will eventually move into positions such that the forces from all appliances and biological systems are in equilibrium. If the teeth are not in the final planned positions at that point in time, the adjusted custom arch-wire is designed and applied." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2010 (12/772,178). 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=8,417,366.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,366&RS=PN/8,417,366 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Storage Device Data Encryption Using a Binary Large Object (BLOB) ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,417,967) developed by Joseph E. Foster, Houston, Robert C. Elliott, Houston, and Jeffrey A. Plank, Cypress, Texas, for a "storage device data encryption using a binary large object (BLOB)." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for storage device data encryption. One method includes encrypting data on a storage device with a key and then transmitting the key to a cryptographic module that encrypts the key to form a Binary Large Object (BLOB). The BLOB is transmitted to an array controller that is coupled to the storage device which stores the BLOB." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2008 (12/935,715). 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=8,417,967.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,967&RS=PN/8,417,967 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of Texas System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- The University of Texas System, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,417,331) developed by Pankaj Jay Pasricha, Cupertino, Calif., and Jiande Chen, Houston, for a "hepatic electrical stimulation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a method of providing electrical stimulation to a liver of a subject which includes providing one or more stimulatory electrodes to the liver of the subject and providing electrical stimulation to the liver of the subject. The invention further relates to methods of reducing risk factors of metabolic syndrome, treating diabetes, treating a subject having eating disorders and reducing glucose levels of a subject using methods of the present invention." The patent application was filed on Jan. 19, 2011 (13/009,086). 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=8,417,331.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,331&RS=PN/8,417,331 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Texas A&M University System Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,418,023) developed by Kiran K. Gunnam, San Jose, Calif., and Gwan S. Choi, College Station, Texas, for a "low density parity check decoder for irregular LDPC codes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for decoding low density parity check ("LDPC") codes. An LDPC decoder includes a control unit that controls decoder processing, the control unit causing the decoder to process the blocks of a low density parity check ("LDPC") matrix out of order. A decoder embodiment may process the layers of the LDPC matrix out of order and/or perform partial state processing on out of order blocks of the LDPC matrix and/or generate R messages out of order." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2008 (12/113,755). 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=8,418,023.PN.&OS=PN/8,418,023&RS=PN/8,418,023 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Rockwell Automation Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Rockwell Automation Technologies, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (8,417,360) developed by eight co-inventors for a "system and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization." The co-inventors are Angel Sustaeta, Austin, Texas, Ka-Hing Lin, Markham, Canada, Ric Snyder, Austin, Texas, John Christopher Theron, Laguna Beach, Calif., Mark Funderburk, Austin, Texas, Michael Eugene Sugars, Elgin, Texas, Frederick M. Discenzo, Brecksville, Ohio, and John J. Baier, Mentor, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methodologies are provided for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. The systems and methods provide for employing machine diagnostic and/or prognostic information in connection with optimizing an overall business operation over a time horizon." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,546). 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=8,417,360.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,360&RS=PN/8,417,360 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** National Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,417,367) developed by four co-inventors for a "manufacturing exception handling system." The co-inventors are George Logsdon, Arlington, Texas, Ramesh Rao, Arlington, Texas, Teresa Colpaert, Grand Prairie, Texas, and Michael A. Hart, Arlington, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A manufacturing exception handling system is described for use with a manufacturing execution system that controls a semiconductor manufacturing process. The present invention provides real time information to the user that identifies restrictions that have been placed on the use of entities and inventories in the semiconductor manufacturing process. The present invention also provides real time information to the user that identifies the persons who are authorized to remove the restrictions. The present invention saves the time and effort that would otherwise be required to find out why a restriction existed and who could remove the restriction during the semiconductor manufacturing process." The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2004 (10/920,834). 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=8,417,367.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,367&RS=PN/8,417,367 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Trane International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Trane International, Piscataway, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,417,386) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for defrost of an HVAC system." The co-inventors are Jonathan D. Douglas, Bullard, Texas, Darryl E. Denton, Tyler, Texas, Alan D. Marble, Whitehouse, Texas, Kevin B. Mercer, Troup, Texas, Gary L. Sapp, Tyler, Texas, Kristen L. Schaefer, Tyler, Texas, and Steven A. Tice, Flint, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and a method are provided for monitoring a condition and selectively executing a certification defrost algorithm for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in response to the status of the monitored condition. A system and a method are provided for selectively operating a certification defrost algorithm in parallel to a field defrost algorithm. A system and a method are also provided for causing a controller to execute a first algorithm and for causing the controller to selectively execute a second algorithm while also executing the first algorithm where each of the first algorithm and the second algorithm are configured to selectively cause the HVAC system to operate in a defrost mode." The patent application was filed on Nov. 17, 2008 (12/272,513). 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=8,417,386.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,386&RS=PN/8,417,386 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Southwest Research Institute Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,417,959) developed by Ralph Henry Hill Jr., San Antonio, for a "biometric device based on luminescence." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and/or method of identifying a user comprising illuminating a user with electromagnetic energy to induce luminescence and producing an output data signal. A reference data signal corresponding to the luminescence of a selected user may be identified and compared to the output data signal. In such a manner, an identification may be made as to whether a selected user is present." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2006 (11/612,348). 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=8,417,959.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,959&RS=PN/8,417,959 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Identifying Encrypted Conference Media Traffic ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,417,942) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for identifying encrypted conference media traffic." The co-inventors are Chris A. Dunn, Livermore, Calif., Jawhny X. Cooke, Sacramento, Calif., Zaheer Aziz, Richardson, Texas, and Ravid Sagy, Beit Yitzhak, Israel. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for identifying conference media traffic includes receiving a plurality of dummy packets and matching a series of the plurality of dummy packets to a signature key. The method also includes extracting a first identification from one or more of the plurality of dummy packets in response to matching a series of the plurality of dummy packets to a signature key and determining that a second identification associated with one or more encrypted media packets matches the first identification. The method also includes associating one or more encrypted media packets with a conference in response to determining that the first identification matches the second identification." The patent application was filed on Aug. 31, 2007 (11/848,650). 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=8,417,942.PN.&OS=PN/8,417,942&RS=PN/8,417,942 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 11 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,418,005) developed by Kevin G. Depew, Spring, Texas, Andrew Brown, Houston, and John S. Harsany, Houston, for "methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to diagnose temperature-induced memory errors." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to diagnose temperature-induced memory errors are disclosed. A disclosed example method to diagnose a temperature-induced memory error includes detecting a memory error associated with a memory device, and writing a highest measured temperature of the memory device in the memory device when the memory error is detected, the highest temperature measured temporally near the detected memory error." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2010 (12/775,307). 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=8,418,005.PN.&OS=PN/8,418,005&RS=PN/8,418,005 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1121031 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |