U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Maryland (Dec. 7)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Maryland.

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United States Postal Service Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- United States Postal Service, Washington, has been assigned a patent (8,073,782) developed by Leon Nathaniel Dillard, Woodbridge, Va., Wayne Alan Wilkerson, Manassas, Va., and Roy Roger Gordon, Gaithersburg, Md., for an "advanced crypto round dater."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is provided a cryptographic round dater and its method of use. By capturing customer profile information and encoding the information on a label affixed to the customer's submitted mailpiece, fraudulent or criminal use of the mail may be deterred by providing traceability to the source of the mail piece. The information attached to the mailpiece may be both human readable and machine readable, said machine readable portion being optionally encrypted to protect the privacy and security of the encoded information. Further benefit is provided by allowing the handling of a mailpiece to be traced, allowing for effective remediation or investigation in the event of an unauthorized use of mail."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2003 (10/746,099). 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=80,73,782.PN.&OS=PN/80,73,782&RS=PN/80,73,782

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Verizon Business Global Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Verizon Business Global, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,073,777) developed by eight co-inventors for an "integrated business systems for web based telecommunications management." The co-inventors are B. Reilly Barry, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mark A. Chodoronek, Centerville, Va., Eric DeRose, Falls Church, Va., Carol Y. Devine, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mark N. Studness, Manassass, Va., Angela R. James, Chevy Chase, Md., Lynne Levy, Herndon, Va., and Michael Tusa, Ridgefield, Conn.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The specification discloses a method of doing business over the public Internet, particularly, a method which enables access to legacy management tools used by a telecommunications enterprise in the management of the enterprise business to the enterprise customer, to enable the customer to more effectively manage the business conducted by the customer through the enterprise, this access being provided over the public Internet. This method of doing business is accomplished with one or more secure web servers which manage one or more secure client sessions over the Internet, each web server supporting secure communications with the client workstation; a web page backplane application capable of launching one or more management tool applications used by the enterprise. Each of the management tool applications provide a customer interface integrated within said web page which enables interactive Web/Internet based communications with the web servers; each web server supports communication of messages entered via the integrated customer interface to one or more remote enterprise management tool application servers which interact with the enterprise management tool applications to provide associated management capabilities to the customer."

The patent application was filed on April 27, 2005 (11/115,732). 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=80,73,777.PN.&OS=PN/80,73,777&RS=PN/80,73,777

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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TRAFFIQ Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- TRAFFIQ, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,073,738) developed by eleven co-inventors for a "system and method for brokering the sale of internet advertisement inventory as discrete traffic blocks of segmented internet traffic." The co-inventors are Robert Llewellyn Protheroe, Falls Church, Va., Sung Hyun Shin, Germantown, Md., Wesley Edward Eugene Swogger, Fairfax Station, Va., Robert William Thomson Jr., Leesburg, Va., Mark Edward Kahn, New York, Dean Craig Vegliante, New York, Jay Phillip Hirschson, New York, Brian James McNamee, Harrington Park, N.J., Jarod Reed Caporino, River Edge, N.J., Daniel Jeffrey Ballister, New York, and Scott David Reinke, Brick, N.J.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An auction management system brokers, between a seller and a buyer, a discrete traffic block of an ad placement. The auction management system comprises a traffic block definition tool providing workflows for obtaining traffic block parameters defining the discrete traffic block, the traffic block parameters comprising: i) an identification of the ad placement; ii) a volume parameter defining the volume of traffic included in the discrete traffic block; iii) at least one duration parameter defining an active time period during which the volume of traffic included in the discrete traffic block will be provided; and iv) an auction parameter defining an expiration time before which buyers submit offers to purchase the discrete traffic block. A listing search tool provides web pages displaying a listing of a plurality of listed discrete traffic blocks. Each listed discrete traffic block comprises a discrete traffic block with an expiration time that has not yet passed. The listing includes, for each listed discrete traffic block, the traffic block parameters associated therewith. An auction management tool provides for: i) obtaining a buyer compensation parameter from each of a plurality of buyers bidding for purchase of the discrete traffic block; and ii) designating the buyer that that provided a compensation parameter meeting selection criteria as the winning buyer. An order management system directs placement of buyer advertisement content designated by the winning bidder within the ad placement for the volume of traffic defined by the volume parameter and during the time period defined by the at least one duration parameter."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 18, 2007 (11/893,976). 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=80,73,738.PN.&OS=PN/80,73,738&RS=PN/80,73,738

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Heavy Hammer Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Heavy Hammer, Annapolis, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,073,737) developed by Michael William Urbanski, Annapolis, Md., and Charles David Dent, Annapolis, Md., for a "method, system, and software for geographically focused network advertising."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A software based system and method of displaying location based information from an information site on a network by determining location data of a user of the location based information on the network. The location based information is generated based on the determined location data of the user; and generated location based information is provided to the user over the network."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2011 (13/217,049). 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=80,73,737.PN.&OS=PN/80,73,737&RS=PN/80,73,737

Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Healthport Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Healthport Technologies, Alpharetta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,073,711) developed by Joe McCollum, Harpers Ferry, W.Va., and Donna J. Briggs, Frederick, Md., for a "method and system for obtaining health-related records and documents using an online location."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention described herein is directed to a method and system for obtaining health-related records and documents using an online location and is applicable in the business-to-business and business-to-customer business models. The present method and system also provides secure online ordering, tracking, storing, and exchanging health-related information between health-related entities. This is achieved by providing an electronic health information (EHI) web site on the Internet, allowing insurance personnel to order patients' records and documents from a central online location. In this manner, insurance companies will save time and realize significant cost savings while expediting the retrieval process of records and documents."

The patent application was filed on June 7, 2000 (09/589,647). 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=8,073,711.PN.&OS=PN/8,073,711&RS=PN/8,073,711

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Adrea Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Adrea, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,073,695) developed by John S. Hendricks, Potomac, Md., and Michael L. Asmussen, Herndon, Va., for an "electronic book with voice emulation features."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for providing text-to-audio conversion of an electronic book displayed on a viewer. A user selects a portion of displayed text and converts it into audio. The text-to-audio conversion may be performed via a header file and pre-recorded audio for each electronic book, via text-to-speech conversion, or other available means. The user may select manual or automatic text-to audio conversion. The automatic text-to-audio conversion may be performed by automatically turning the pages of the electronic book or by the user manually turning the pages. The user may also select to convert the entire electronic book, or portions of it, into audio. The user may also select an option to receive an audio definition of a particular word in the electronic book. The present invention allows a user to control the system by selecting options from a screen or by entering voice commands."

The patent application was filed on June 25, 1999 (09/344,499). 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=8,073,695.PN.&OS=PN/8,073,695&RS=PN/8,073,695

Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

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Curbis Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 7 -- Curbis, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,073,828) developed by five co-inventors for a "licensed rights clearance and tracking for digital assets." The co-inventors are Curtis W.M. Bowden, Los Angeles, David M. Crandall, Burke, Va., David Edward Reeder, Malibu, Calif., Jonathan Frederick Schupp, Smithsburg, Md., and Sung H. Shin, Germantown, Md.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Rights clearances management for assets, such as media assets. A rights brokerage service enables potential licensees to clears rights to use assets within designated projects, such as advertising campaign projects. The potential licensee uses an interface to select or identify an asset without necessarily accessing the asset itself. The rights holders and the rights held by each rights holder are identified based on the asset identity. A request is automatically issued to the rights holders to approve use of the asset for the project. The potential licensee may use an interface to track progress of approvals from the rights holders. Unenforceable rights are detected and approval is automatically obtained. If all enforceable rights are cleared, the asset may be committed for approval by a project manager or other authority. When approved, a license to use the asset is automatically created between the potential licensee and each of the rights holders." The patent application was filed on June 14, 2007 (11/763,347). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,073,828&OS=8,073,828&RS=8,073,828

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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