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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (Nov. 3)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** Spirent Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Spirent Communications, Sunnyvale, California, has been assigned a patent (8,874,043) developed by Dimitrios M. Topaltzas, Ellicott City, Maryland, and Jeffrey P. Horner, Leesburg, Virginia, for a "system and method for determining quality of service of a mobile device." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2011 (13/237,030). 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=8,874,043.PN.&OS=PN/8,874,043&RS=PN/8,874,043 Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Authenticating Request Between Tasks in Operating System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Google, Mountain View, California, has been assigned a patent (8,875,300) developed by Greg Miller, San Jose, California, and Michael Pinkerton, Ashburn, Virginia, for a "method and apparatus for authenticating a request between tasks in an operating system." The patent application was filed on March 30, 2007 (11/731,673). 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=88,75,300.PN.&OS=PN/88,75,300&RS=PN/88,75,300 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, California, has been assigned a patent (8,872,827) developed by G. Evan Hart, Bristow, Virginia, for a "shadow softening graphics processing unit and method." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2012 (13/721,262). 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=8,872,827.PN.&OS=PN/8,872,827&RS=PN/8,872,827 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Clearwire I.P. Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Clearwire I.P. Holdings, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,873,502) developed by five co-inventors for a "carrier selection." The co-inventors are Howard Bishop Anderson, Ashburn, Virginia, Daniel A. Vivanco, Herndon, Virginia, Esmail Hejazi Dinan, Herndon, Virginia, Vijay Rudraraju, Herndon, Virginia, and Hemanth Balaji Pawar, Herndon, Virginia. The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2009 (12/372,814). 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=8873502.PN.&OS=PN/8873502&RS=PN/8873502 Written by Eloisa Asedillo; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Facebook Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Facebook, Menlo Park, California, has been assigned a patent (8,874,672) developed by Roy Ben-Yoseph, Ashburn, Virginia, for "identifying and using identities deemed to be known to a user." The patent application was filed on Feb. 13, 2012 (13/372,371). 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=8,874,672.PN.&OS=PN/8,874,672&RS=PN/8,874,672 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Facebook Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Facebook, Menlo Park, California, has been assigned a patent (8,874,901) developed by Conor P. Cahill, Waterford, Virginia, for the "authentication of data streaming service." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/620,605). 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=88,74,901.PN.&OS=PN/88,74,901&RS=PN/88,74,901 Written by Balkishan Dalai; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Facebook Assigned Patent for Sourcing Terms into Search Engine ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Facebook, Menlo Park, California, has been assigned a patent (8,874,606) developed by Lara Mehanna, Arlington, Virginia, for "sourcing terms into a search engine." The patent application was filed on May 2, 2011 (13/099,214). 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=8,874,606.PN.&OS=PN/8,874,606&RS=PN/8,874,606 Written by Deviprasad Jena; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Clearwire I.P. Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov 3 -- Clearwire I.P. Holdings, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,874,782) developed by Charles B. Lobsenz, Reston, Virginia, for a system and method "for determining whether a transaction between a subscriber and a merchant website requires downloading and/or streaming digital objects." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2012 (13/444,291). 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=8874782.PN.&OS=PN/8874782&RS=PN/8874782 Written by Lesley Gonzales; edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent for Obtaining and Acting Upon Information ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,870,813) developed by eight co-inventors for systems and methods "for obtaining and acting upon information indicative of circulatory health and related phenomena in human beings or other subjects." The co-inventors are Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, California, Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, California, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, California, Jeffrey John Hagen, Plymouth, Minnesota, Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Dennis J. Rivet, Portsmouth, Virginia, Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Washington, and Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Washington. The patent application was filed on May 22, 2008 (12/154,654). 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=8870813.PN.&OS=PN/8870813&RS=PN/8870813 Written by Jude Bautista, edited by Vessie Ann Abalos. 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. -1180654 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |