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ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey.

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Ametros Financial Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Ametros Financial, North Reading, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,224,678) developed by four co-inventors for "systems and methods for tracking health-related spending for validation of disability benefits claims." The co-inventors are Kenneth Paradis, Boxford, Mass., Robert T. Lewis, Medford, N.J., Dick Smith, Lincoln, Neb., and Jack Edgar West, Tampa, Fla.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for tracking health-related spending for validation of disability benefits claims includes receiving, by a Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, from an authorization server, an identification of an approved transaction initiated by a recipient of insurance settlement funds to acquire at least one of a healthcare-related service and a healthcare-related good by a provider, the recipient authorized to receive the at least one of the healthcare-related service and the healthcare-related good from the provider. The method includes tracking, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, healthcare-related expenditures by the recipient. The method includes generating, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, a statement of approved transactions. The method includes transmitting, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, to a disability benefit provider, the statement of approved transactions."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2010 (12/687,250). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,224,678&OS=8,224,678&RS=8,224,678

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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AT+T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- AT+T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,224,645) developed by Alistair D. Conkie, Morristown, N.J., for a "method and system for preselection of suitable units for concatenative speech."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for improving the response time of text-to-speech synthesis using triphone contexts. The method includes receiving input text, selecting a plurality of N phoneme units from a triphone unit selection database as candidate phonemes for synthesized speech based on the input text, wherein the triphone unit selection database comprises triphone units each comprising three phones and if the candidate phonemes are available in the triphone unit selection database, applying a cost process to select a set of phonemes from the candidate phonemes. If no candidate phonemes are available in the triphone unit selection database, the method includes applying a single phoneme approach to select single phonemes for synthesis, which single phonemes are used in synthesis independent of a triphone structure. The method also includes synthesizing speech using at least one of the set of phonemes from the candidate phonemes and the selected single phonemes for synthesis from the single phoneme approach."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2008 (12/325,809). 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=8,224,645&OS=8,224,645&RS=8,224,645

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Coordinating Service Performance and Application Placement Management

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,224,465) developed by four co-inventors for a "coordinating service performance and application placement management." The co-inventors are Asser N. Tantawi, Somers, N.Y., Giovanni Pacifici, New York, Michael Spreitzer, Croton-On-Hudson, N.Y., and Malgorzata Steinder, Fort Lee, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Coordinating tasks of performance management and application placement management in a dynamic fashion by: estimating capacity needs for various service classes of service requests; computing desired capacities of at least one application for said service requests; deciding whether the desired capacities are satisfied by a current application placement; making no change to current application placement if the desired capacities are satisfied; determining a new application placement based on the desired capacities and a projected load if the desired capacities are not satisfied; computing corresponding capacity constraints for all pairs of service classes and servers; and computing an optimal allocation of capacities among the service classes so as to optimize a quality of service."

The patent application was filed on May 10, 2010 (12/776,469). 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=8,224,465&OS=8,224,465&RS=8,224,465

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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AK Global Tech Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- AK Global Tech, Palisades Park, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,224,608) developed by Matthew Hogyun Son, Palisades Park, N.J., and Jung Hoon Son, Palisades Park, N.J., for a calibrating breathalyzer.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The calibrating breathalyzer comprises an alcohol sensor, a non-volatile memory, a processing unit or processor, a display and a housing to house these components. The processing unit can calibrate the breathalyzer using the user's body as a simulator based on the user's metabolism rate, type and amount of alcohol consumed by the user. The processing unit determines a sample time to receive a breath sample from the user based on a time to a predetermined calibration point from the drinking start time calculated using the user's metabolism rate and the determined maximum alcohol level. The BAC % measurement based on the user's breath sample at the sample time is used as a reference point in calibrating the breathalyzer."

The patent application was filed on March 21, 2012 (13/426,455). 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=8,224,608&OS=8,224,608&RS=8,224,608

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Engineered Arresting Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Engineered Arresting Systems, Aston, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,224,507) developed by Daniel J. Edwards, Burlington, N.J., Peter T. Mahal, Berwyn, Pa., and Mark A. Slimko, Crystal Lake, Ill., for "systems and methods of improving or increasing information concerning, particularly, runway conditions available to pilots of landing aircraft."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Addressed are systems and methods for providing to pilots of landing aircraft real-time (or near real-time) information concerning runway conditions and aircraft-stopping performance to be encountered upon landing. The systems and methods contemplate using more objective data than utilized at present and providing the information in automated manner. Information may be obtained by using conventional ground-based runway friction testers or, advantageously, by using air-based equipment such as (but not limited to) unmanned aerospace vehicles (UAVs)."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2007 (11/957,707). 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=8,224,507&OS=8,224,507&RS=8,224,507

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Becton, Dickinson and Co. Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Becton, Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,224,663) developed by Tim H. Gordon, River Vale, N.J., for a "system and method for assessment and corrective action based on guidelines."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method are provided for applying guidelines to data and providing self-assessment ability. Guideline data is stored in a data storage component, along with user data. The user data represents both quantitative data and qualitative self-assessment data. In a self-assessment system and method, a graphical user interface is provided along with a target image and factor icons. The icons are adapted to be moved onto a position on the target image representative of an entity's self assessment of performance relative to the corresponding factor. A subset of actionable alternatives are selected and displayed based on the self-assessment data and the guidelines."

The patent application was filed on May 24, 2002 (10/153,883). 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=8,224,663&OS=8,224,663&RS=8,224,663

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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SRI International Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,224,097) developed by six co-inventors for "building segmentation for densely built urban regions using aerial LIDAR data." The co-inventors are Bogdan Calin Mihai Matei, Monmouth Junction, N.J., Supun Samarasekera, Princeton, N.J., Janet Yonga Kim, Morrisville, Pa., Charles Fielding Finch Karney, Princeton, N.J., Harpreet Singh Sawhney, West Windsor, N.J., and Rakesh Kumar, West Windsor, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for extracting a 3D terrain model for identifying at least buildings and terrain from LIDAR data is disclosed, comprising the steps of generating a point cloud representing terrain and buildings mapped by LIDAR; classifying points in the point cloud, the point cloud having ground and non-ground points, the non-ground points representing buildings and clutter; segmenting the non-ground points into buildings and clutter; and calculating a fit between at least one building segment and at least one rectilinear structure, wherein the fit yields the rectilinear structure with the fewest number of vertices. The step of calculating further comprises the steps of (a) calculating a fit of a rectilinear structure to the at least one building segment, wherein each of the vertices has an angle that is a multiple of 90 degrees; (b) counting the number of vertices; (c) rotating the at least one building segment about an axis by a predetermined increment; and (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) until a rectilinear structure with the least number of vertices is found."

The patent application was filed on June 12, 2008 (12/138,027). 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=8,224,097&OS=8,224,097&RS=8,224,097

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Siemens Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Siemens Audiologische Technik, Erlangen, Germany, and Siemens, Iselin, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,224,094) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for side detection of 3D undetailed ear impressions." The co-inventors are Rupen Melkisetoglu, Princeton, N.J., Tong Fang, Morganville, N.J., Fred McBagonluri, East Windsor, N.J., and Gregory G. Slabaugh, Princeton, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for side detection of an undetailed 3D ear impression is disclosed. In order to determine whether a received 3D undetailed ear impression is a left or right ear impression, a local coordinate system of the 3D undetailed ear is defined based on side independent features of the 3D undetailed ear impression. A skeleton (or center spline) of the 3D undetailed ear impression is detected, and it is determined whether the 3D undetailed ear impression is a left or right ear impression based on the skeleton and the local coordinate system."

The patent application was filed on May 28, 2008 (12/154,951). 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=8,224,094&OS=8,224,094&RS=8,224,094

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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ADC Telecommunications Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- ADC Telecommunications, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,224,145) developed by four co-inventors for "installing splitter module, storage receptacles and pigtails while pigtail connectors left in the storage receptacles." The co-inventors are Randy Reagan, Morristown, N.J., Jeff Gniadek, Northbridge, Mass., Tom Parsons, Leominster, Mass., and Michael Noonan, Shrewsbury, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for configuring an enclosure used in a communications network is described. The method may include providing a group of pigtails. The method may further include routing the group of pigtails circumferentially around a subscriber termination field, where the group of pigtails is associated with an optical splitter module used to convey optical signals to a destination, and where the routing is performed in a manner that does not substantially obstruct access to at least one of a group of subscriber terminations that are associated with the subscriber termination field."

The patent application was filed on July 8, 2011 (13/179,129). 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=8,224,145&OS=8,224,145&RS=8,224,145

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Alcatel-Lucent USA Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Alcatel-Lucent USA, Murray-Hill, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,224,134) developed by five co-inventors for an optoelectronic receiver. The co-inventors are Yves Baeyens, Stirling, N.J., Young-Kai Chen, Berkeley Heights, N.J., Vincent Houtsma, New Providence, N.J., Andreas Leven, Heroldsberg, Georgia, and Nils Guenter Weimann, Gillette, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optoelectronic receiver and associated method of operation."

The patent application was filed on April 3, 2009 (12/418,442). 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=8,224,134&OS=8,224,134&RS=8,224,134

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,223,794) developed by Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, N.J., and Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for routing a call to a dual mode wireless device."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a system and method for routing a call to a dual mode wireless device. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a network node receives a call. The network node determines that the call is associated with a dual mode wireless device. Once this determination is made, the network node then selects one of a plurality of networks (e.g., cellular network or packet-based network, such as a VoIP network) for use in connecting the call to the dual mode wireless device. The network node then routes the call to the dual mode wireless device via the selected network. During the call, the network node re-routes the call to another network if the network node determines that this other network is now better suited for the call."

The patent application was filed on May 10, 2010 (12/776,832). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,223,794.PN.&OS=PN/8,223,794&RS=PN/8,223,794

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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New Jersey Institute of Technology Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,224,017) developed by Yun-Qing Shi, Millburn, N.J., and Dekun Zou, Kearny, N.J., for a "method for identifying marked content."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of processing images, including: training an image classifier to obtain a trained classifier, the training including: forming multiple prediction error sets from neighboring samples of a set of known images, a prediction error for each pixel of the error sets being formed by subtracting a predicted pixel value from an original value; thresholding the formed prediction error sets; and training the image classifier using the thresholded prediction error sets." The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2006 (11/331,688). 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=8,224,017&OS=8,224,017&RS=8,224,017

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Avaya Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,223,790) developed by Mathilde Benveniste, South Orange, N.J., for a "method and apparatus performing no back-off forwarding."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing no back-off forwarding are presented. A timer (NAV) is maintained at each respective node of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). A frame is designated as a time-sensitive Quality of Service (TSQ) frame to be fast-forwarded from a first node to a second node of a plurality of nodes of the WLAN. The TSQ frame is forwarded by the second node according to a predetermined protocol, wherein a shorter back-off period is used for the TSQ frame than the back-off period normally used according to the predetermined protocol when the NAV of the second node expires."

The patent application was filed on April 30, 2008 (12/112,530). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,223,790.PN.&OS=PN/8,223,790&RS=PN/8,223,790

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Angel Medical Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Angel Medical Systems, Fair Haven, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,224,430) developed by seven co-inventors for a "baseline processing for a cardiac event detection system." The co-inventors are David R. Fischell, Fair Haven, N.J., Tim A. Fischell, Kalamazoo, Mich., Jonathan Harwood, Rumson, N.J., Robert E. Fischell, Dayton, Md., Steven R. Johnson, Fair Haven, N.J., Bruce Hopenfeld, Oceanport, N.J., and Michael Sasha John, Larchmont, N.Y. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for the detection of cardiac events occurring in a human patient is provided. At least two electrodes are included in the system for obtaining an electrical signal from a patient's heart. An electrical signal processor is electrically coupled to the electrodes for processing the electrical signal and a patient alarm means is further provided and electrically coupled to the electrical signal processor. The electrical signal is acquired in the form of electrogram segments, which are categorized according to heart rate, ST segment shift and type heart rhythm (normal or abnormal). Baseline electrogram segments are tracked over time."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2009 (12/585,861). 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=8,224,430.PN.&OS=PN/8,224,430&RS=PN/8,224,430

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Defibtech Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Defibtech, Guilford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,224,441) developed by Gintaras A. Vaisnys, Chicago, Giovanni C. Meier, Madison, Conn., and Glenn W. Laub, Princeton, N.J., for a "automatic external defibrillator with active status indicator." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An AED includes defibrillation circuitry housed within an enclosure, a first processor programmed to periodically test the operability of the defibrillation circuitry and a second processor in communication with the first processor. The AED further includes a visual indicator, such as a red/green LED, positioned at the exterior of the enclosure that is operatively connected to the second processor. The second processor is programmed to control the visual indicator in response to the periodic test results provided to it by the first processor."

The patent application was filed on April 1, 2011 (13/078,298). 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=8,224,441.PN.&OS=PN/8,224,441&RS=PN/8,224,441

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Analog Devices Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Analog Devices, Norwood, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,223,981) developed by Olli Haila, Piikkio, Finland, Kieran Harney, Andover, Mass., and Gary W. Elko, Summit, N.J., for a "wide dynamic range microphone."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A microphone system has an output and at least a first transducer with a first dynamic range, a second transducer with a second dynamic range different than the first dynamic range, and coupling system to selectively couple the output of one of the first transducer or the second transducer to the system output, depending on the magnitude of the input sound signal, to produce a system with a dynamic range greater than the dynamic range of either individual transducer. A method of operating a microphone system includes detecting whether a transducer output crosses a threshold, and if so then selectively coupling another transducer's output to the system output. The threshold may change as a function of which transducer is coupled to the system output. The system and methods may also combine the outputs of more than one transducer in a weighted sum during transition from one transducer output to another, as a function of time or as a function of the amplitude of the incident audio signal. Methods of operating the system may include equalizing the outputs of two or more transducers prior to coupling one or more outputs to the system output." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/470,986). 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=8,223,981&OS=8,223,981&RS=8,223,981

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,224,338) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for joint optimization of dedicated and radio access networks." The co-inventors are Sarat Puthenpura, Berkeley Heights, N.J., David G. Belanger, Hillsborough, N.J., Arun Jotshi, Lake Hiawatha, N.J., Sam Parker, Cranbury, N.J., Ravi Raina, North Brunswick, N.J., and Wenjie Zhao, Princeton, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computerized method and system for integrated access network business planning for a telecommunications carrier. The invention enables a user to input a set of network business planning parameters that are utilized by a linear programming model to jointly optimize a carrier's dedicated and radio access network by executing a plurality of network optimization models and determine network configuration changes for the dedicated and radio access networks as a constrained optimization based on the set of business planning parameters."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 7, 2008 (12/291,281). 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=82,24,338.PN.&OS=PN/82,24,338&RS=PN/82,24,338

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Node Reputation Based on Knowledge of PSTN Calls

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,223,755) developed by Cullen F. Jennings, Santa Cruz, Calif., and Jonathan David Rosenberg, Freehold, N.J., for a "node reputation based on knowledge of PSTN calls."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system may provide trust relationship information for a telephone number, where the trust relationship information may indicate whether one or more nodes consider a target node as including or as being associated with a VoIP call agent for the telephone number based on demonstrated knowledge of a PSTN call. The system may determine a target trust relationship to the target node based on the trust relationship information, where the target trust relationship indicates a level of trust a validating node has in the target node being associated with or including the VoIP call agent for the telephone number, and where validating node and the one or more nodes may be in different respective administrative domains of a network."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2009 (12/608,545). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,223,755.PN.&OS=PN/8,223,755&RS=PN/8,223,755

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,224,349) developed by five co-inventors for a "timed fingerprint locating in wireless networks." The co-inventors are Sheldon Meredith, Marietta, Ga., Mark Austin, Roswell, Ga., Jeremy Fix, Acworth, Ga., Wenjie Zhao, Princeton, N.J., and Sarat Puthenpura, Berkeley Heights, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and techniques for determining the location of user equipment (UE) in a wireless network are disclosed. These techniques leverage geometric calculations for an overlaid bin grid framework mapping the wireless network area to store differential values for each frame of the bin grid framework for each pair of relevant NodeBs. A timing offset can be determined, such that when a time value from a target UE is accessed, the location can be quickly determined with minimal real time computation. In an aspect, the target UE time value can be search for in the pre-computed differential value data set indexed by a relevant NodeB site pair to return a set of frames (forming a hyperbola between the site pair) that can be intersected with a second set of frames for a second NodeB site pair for the same UE. The intersecting frames can represent the location of the UE in the wireless network. Further, the data can be leveraged to correct timing in the network."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2010 (12/712,424). 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=82,24,349&OS=82,24,349&RS=82,24,349

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Intel Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,224,402) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for a power-efficient framework to maintain data synchronization of a mobile personal computer to simulate a connected scenario." The co-inventors are Uttam Sengupta, Portland, Ore., Prashant Gandhi, Santa Clara, Calif., Shobhit Varshney, Jersey City, N.J., Mandar Joshi, Portland, Ore., and Shreekant Thakkar, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for a power-efficient framework to maintain data synchronization of a mobile personal computer (MPC) are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the detection of a data synchronization wakeup event while the MPC is operating according to a sleep state. Subsequent to wakeup event, at least one system resource is disabled to provide a minimum number of system resources required to re-establish a network connection. In one embodiment, user data from a network server is synchronized on the MPC without user intervention; the mobile platform system resumes operation according to the sleep state. In one embodiment, a wakeup alarm is programmed according to a user history profile regarding received e-mails. In a further embodiment, data synchronizing involves disabling a display, and throttling the system processor to operate at a reduced frequency. Other embodiments are described and claimed."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2011 (13/230,585). 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=8,224,402.PN.&OS=PN/8,224,402&RS=PN/8,224,402

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Toshiba America Research, Telcordia Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Toshiba America Research, Piscataway, N.J., and Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,223,716) developed by Yoshihiro Ohba, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and Rafael Marin Lopez, Morcia, Spain, for an "assisted proactive IP address acquisition."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to reducing the time required to provide an IP address to a mobile node by pro-actively obtaining IP addresses, through the use of PANA-assisted pro-active IP address acquisition, IKEv2-assisted proactive IP address acquisition, or by pro-active IP address acquisition using DHCP only."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2006 (11/567,134). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,223,716.PN.&OS=PN/8,223,716&RS=PN/8,223,716

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Auto-configured Voice over Internet Protocol

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,223,754) developed by Jonathan David Rosenberg, Freehold, N.J., for an "auto-configured voice over internet protocol."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, an apparatus may receive a call over a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) from a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) adapter. The VoIP adapter may be one or more devices that may create and accept VoIP connections over a network, such as the Internet, and that may transmit a call over the PSTN. The apparatus may store a call detail of the received call in a registry service, where the call detail is associated with a node identifier of the apparatus in the registry service. The apparatus may further determine a dial sequence at which the apparatus may be reached over the PSTN based on corresponding call details also stored in the registry service."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 9, 2009 (12/367,930). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.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=8,223,754.PN.&OS=PN/8,223,754&RS=PN/8,223,754

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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