U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Connecticut (Dec. 13)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Connecticut.

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Pitney Bowes Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,332,230) developed by Frederick W. Ryan Jr., Oxford, Conn., for a "fraud detection mechanism adapted for inconsistent data collection."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Fraud detection mechanisms and methods that are adapted for inconsistent data collection are provided. Data is analyzed to determine normal operational variations from ideal system behavior. Profiles are developed for each individual sender, e.g., the number of multiple scans performed per confirmation number generated by each sender, and other parameters, such as delivery areas, e.g., the number of multiple scans performed per specific geographic area. If the sender's profile differs significantly from the normal operational variations, there is an indication of potential fraudulent activity and an investigation can be initiated. By analyzing a combination of sender and delivery scan data with system wide scan data, the effect of inconsistent data is minimized to significantly reduce the number of erroneous indications of fraudulent activity while still providing a high level of fraud detection."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2004 (10/941,539). 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=8,332,230&OS=8,332,230&RS=8,332,230

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Nuance Communications Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Nuance Communications, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,332,227) developed by Stephane H. Maes, Danbury, Conn., and Ponani S. Gopalakrishnan, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for a "system and method for providing network coordinated conversational services."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing automatic and coordinated sharing of conversational resources, e.g., functions and arguments, between network-connected servers and devices and their corresponding applications. In one aspect, a system for providing automatic and coordinated sharing of conversational resources includes a network having a first and second network device, the first and second network device each comprising a set of conversational resources, a dialog manager for managing a conversation and executing calls requesting a conversational service, and a communication stack for communicating messages over the network using conversational protocols, wherein the conversational protocols establish coordinated network communication between the dialog managers of the first and second network device to automatically share the set of conversational resources of the first and second network device, when necessary, to perform their respective requested conversational service."

The patent application was filed on April 14, 2009 (12/386,166). 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=8,332,227&OS=8,332,227&RS=8,332,227

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Hartford Fire Insurance Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,332,243) developed by Michael A. Brzezicki, Torrington, Con., Marlene G. Chickerella, Enfield, Conn., and Stacey L. Doucette, South Windsor, Conn., for a "system and method for insurance vendor self-audits."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A computerized system and computer-implemented method for enabling insurance vendor self-audits that receives referral data from a vendor, samples the referrals, assigns audit questions to each referral within the sample of referrals, presents the audit questions to the vendor and receives answers from the vendor, scores the answers based on rules, and reports the audit scores."

The patent application was filed on May 5, 2010 (12/774,264). 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=8,332,243&OS=8,332,243&RS=8,332,243

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Travelers Indemnity Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Travelers Indemnity, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,332,234) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and system for enhanced medical triage." The co-inventors are Vincent Armentano, Glastonbury, Conn., Carol Demumbrum, Redington Shores, Fla., Russell Steingiser, Glastonbury, Conn., Stanley Grivers, South Windsor, Conn., Lisa Lawton, Naugatuck, Conn., and Julie Morgan, Lyme, Conn.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a method and system for enhanced medical triage in managed care plans that streamlines the conventional medical triage process and referral logic, sends only those insurance claims to an integrated case management system that require medical intervention, matches claims to the right resource at the right time, reduces the time needed to review lost time cases, lessens the number of unnecessary referrals or re-referrals, and further tailors the assignment process of medical insurance claims to medical personnel based on specific market and/or employer dedication."

The patent application was filed on April 21, 2008 (12/106,635). 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=8,332,234&OS=8,332,234&RS=8,332,234

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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American International Group Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- American International Group, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,332,241) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for selling marine cargo insurance in a network environment." The co-inventors are Donald Harrell, Old Greenwich, Conn., Bill Lang, Babylon, N.Y., Dennis Sivley, Pearl River, N.Y., and Frank Reilly, Florham Park, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A storage media and method for transacting cargo insurance business in a network environment includes the on-line automation of quoting, billing, certificate issuance, underwriting, and claims processing. Moreover, the method also includes customer qualification and support services, in addition to data collection and analysis, for management report generation."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 17, 2007 (11/874,003). 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=8,332,241&OS=8,332,241&RS=8,332,241

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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General Electric Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,332,078) developed by Radoslaw Narel, Kensington, Conn., and Cecil Rivers Jr., West Hartford, Conn., for a "system, charging device, and method of supplying current to a power storage device."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for use in supplying current from an electric power source to a plurality of power storage devices includes a first of a plurality of charging devices configured to supply current to a first of the plurality of power storage devices. The system also includes at least one other charging device coupled to the first charging device to form a network. The other charging device is configured to supply current to at least one other power storage device. The first charging device includes a processor programmed to determine an amount of current to be at least one of received from the electric power source and supplied to the first power storage device as a function of a number of charging devices, and enable the amount of current to be at least one of received by the first charging device and supplied to the first power storage device."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2011 (13/278,222). 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=8,332,078&OS=8,332,078&RS=8,332,078

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Argus Information and Advisory Services Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Argus Information and Advisory Services, White Plains, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,332,291) developed by Nikolas Sulkowski, New Canaan, Conn., Leonard Laufer, Scarsdale, N.Y., and Nana Banerjee, White Plains, N.Y., for a "system and method for monitoring managing and valuing credit accounts."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to a system and method for estimating the future and present value of credit accounts (FIG. 1). A plurality of profit driver segments (105) are established. A degree of belonging of the credit account to each of the plurality of profit driver segments (105) is determine by characterizing the credit account based upon it historical behavior (110). The probability of migration of the credit account from at least one profit driver segment (105) to at least one profit driver segment based upon historical behavior data is determined. The credit account can then be valued based upon the characterization of the credit account and the determined probability of migration. By examinating how accounts migrate between behavior segments over multiple periods, and analyzing the discounted cash flows associated with these migration patterns, a net present value may be calculated for each account."

The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2001 (10/398,607). 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=8,332,291&OS=8,332,291&RS=8,332,291

Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Schlage Lock Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Schlage Lock, Indianapolis, has been assigned a patent (8,331,544) developed by Kevin C. Kraus, Indianapolis, Greg Baldauf, Carmel, Ind., and Mark A. Caterino, Prospect, Conn., for a "method and system for remotely controlling access to an access point."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of remotely operating a door lock. The method includes transmitting a first signal from a remote device to a router via a network; transmitting the signal from the router to a mesh network gateway; translating the signal from a network protocol to a mesh network protocol to produce a second signal; transmitting the second signal from the mesh network gateway to the door lock using radio frequency signaling over the mesh network; receiving the second signal at the door lock; and performing an operation at the door lock in response to the second signal being received by the door lock."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2008 (12/811,349). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=83,31,544.PN.&OS=PN/83,31,544&RS=PN/83,31,544

Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Pitney Bowes Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,332,266) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for managing business machine assets." The co-inventors are Terrence M. Doeberl, West Redding, Conn., Paul E. Duedall, Palm Bay, Fla., Mark E. Hogan, Melbourne Beach, Fla., and John D. Goldson, Palm Bay, Fla.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for managing business machine assets are described. In one configuration, the system analyzes alternate placement structures and provides for alternate asset model placement suggestions."

The patent application was filed on April 22, 2004 (10/709,230). 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=8,332,266&OS=8,332,266&RS=8,332,266

Written by Neha Bharti; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Ivy Biomedical Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Ivy Biomedical Systems, Branford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,331,874) developed by Mark Joseph Tuccillo, Southington, Conn., for a wireless transmitter. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A magnetic field tolerant amplifier having an amplifier stage, a differential to single-ended output amplifier stage and a first and second delay line. In another embodiment the invention relates to a magnetic gradient cancellation delay line including two coils connected in series at a junction and non-inductively wound to cancel induced currents from magnetic gradient. In another embodiment the invention relates to a patient lead including a flexible circuit substrate having a flexible conductor having distributed impedance. In still yet another embodiment the invention relates to a wireless transceiver system including an RF cancellation delay line; a differential amplifier stage; a differential to single ended output amplifier stage; an A/D converter; an RF transceiver and an antenna."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2009 (12/546,279). 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=8,331,874.PN.&OS=PN/8,331,874&RS=PN/8,331,874

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Weatherford/Lamb Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Weatherford/Lamb, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,331,742) developed by Domino Taverner, Delray Beach, Fla., and Edward M. Dowd, Madison, Conn., for an "evanescent sensor using a hollow-core ring mode waveguide." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus enable optical evanescent sensing utilizing a waveguide with an annular core. The annular core can provide detectable sensitivity to a measurand due to optical interactions with contents along an inside surface of the annular core since optical properties of the contents vary with changes in the measurand." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2010 (12/710,147). 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=8,331,742.PN.&OS=PN/8,331,742&RS=PN/8,331,742

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Xerox Assigned Patent for Method for Measurement of Reflectance Profiles of Image Surfaces

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,331,610) developed by Julianna Lin, Rochester, N.Y., and Aaron M. Burry, Ontario, N.Y., for a "method for measurement of reflectance profiles of image surfaces." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system of measuring the bare belt signature of a surface that does not require the use of extra print jobs, or extra belt cycles, during the printing of the actual print job. Instead, the inter-document zone and other "toner-free" areas within the test job itself are used to extract an estimate of the bare belt signature. More specifically, prior knowledge of the job content and of the location of the area between image pitches is used to identify areas of the belt that should be toner-free. These areas are then treated as "bare belt" segments, and the sensor signal for these areas are extracted, aligned according to their spatial location along the belt, and then averaged to produce a final estimate of the bare belt signature." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2009 (12/471,826). 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=8,331,610.PN.&OS=PN/8,331,610&RS=PN/8,331,610 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Rule-based Combination of a Hierarchy of Classifiers for Occlusion Detection

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,331,674) developed by Rogerio Feris, White Plains, N.Y., Arun Hampapur, Norwalk, Conn., and Ying-Li Tian, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for a "rule-based combination of a hierarchy of classifiers for occlusion detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An occlusion detection system and method include a decomposer configured to decompose an image into a set of hierarchical parts. A hierarchy of classifiers is employed to detect features in the image and the hierarchical parts. A logical operation is configured to logically combine a classification result from at least two of the classifiers to detect an occlusion state of the image."

The patent application was filed on April 6, 2007 (11/697,535). 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=8,331,674.PN.&OS=PN/8,331,674&RS=PN/8,331,674

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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