U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (March 8)

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts.

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Apple Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,131,645) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for processing media gifts." The co-inventors are Gloria Lin, San Ramon, Calif., Amir Mahmood Mikhak, Cambridge, Mass., Taido Lantz Nakajima, Cupertino, Calif., Sean Anthony Mayo, Dover, N.H., Michael Rosenblatt, Campbell, Calif., and Andrew Hodge, Palo Alto, Calif.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various techniques are provided for the gifting between multiple electronic devices of media content provided by an online digital media provider. An offer and acceptance of a selected gift file is accomplished between a gifter device and a receiving giftee device using a near-field communication (NFC) connection. If a connection to the online provider is available, the gifter device may transmit a gift request by which the gifter's account is charged for the gift file. Thereafter, a gift file created using DRM keys associated with the giftee's account may be downloaded to the giftee device. If a network connection is unavailable, the giftee device may transfer a locked gift file and a corresponding gift license to the giftee device using a peer-to-peer connection. The giftee device may authenticate the license and unlock the gift file once a connection to the online provider is available."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/286,316). 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=8,131,645&OS=8,131,645&RS=8,131,645

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Walker Digital Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Walker Digital, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,131,588) developed by nine co-inventors for "systems and methods wherein a security deposit facilitates a transaction in which a benefit is applied in exchange for performance of a task." The co-inventors are Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Conn., Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington, Conn., Michiko Kobayashi, Stamford, Conn., Andrew P. Golden, Jamaica Plain, Mass., Scott B. Allison, Stamford, Conn., Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, N.Y., Timothy A. Palmer, Burbank, Calif., James A. Jorasch, New York, and Elizabeth Delamater, Greenwich, Conn.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, computer readable media and systems are described wherein a security deposit is used to facilitate a transaction with a customer. In an embodiment, a process includes receiving an indication that a customer is interested in making a purchase during a transaction from a merchant, and transmitting an offer for a benefit to be applied to the transaction in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer and a security deposit. The task is associated with a subsidy provider other than the merchant. The method also includes providing the offer to the customer, receiving the security deposit, applying the benefit to the transaction before performance of the task, and returning at least a portion of the security deposit to the customer based on the performance of the task. For example, a subsidy provider may offer to apply a subsidy amount to a transaction involving the purchase of a lawn mower in exchange for a future performance of a task by the customer such as test driving a new car. It is also arranged for the customer to provide a security deposit. When the customer performs the task by test driving the car, arrangements are then made to return at least a portion of the security deposit to the customer."

The patent application was filed on March 15, 2011 (13/048,829). 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=8,131,588&OS=8,131,588&RS=8,131,588

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Springfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,623) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for providing a combination financial product." The co-inventors are Amy Caruso, Southwick, Mass., James Todd, Collinsville, Conn., Matthew Naughton, Simsbury, Conn., Judith Zaiken, East Longmeadow, Mass., and Richard Byrne, Windsor, Conn.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to systems and methods for administering combination annuity products and to combination annuity products themselves. Certain embodiments of the invention can be used in connection with variable universal life insurance and variable life insurance contracts."

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2011 (13/065,848). 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=8,131,623&OS=8,131,623&RS=8,131,623

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Bank of America Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent (8,131,637) developed by five co-inventors for a "predictive model for use in providing an equity release financial product." The co-inventors are David H. Rupp, Charlotte, N.C., Colin D. McCormick, Charlotte, N.C., Cherie A. Arruda, Arlington, Mass., Lisa D. Curry, Warwick, R.I., and Michael Teichman, Medfield, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A predictive model for use in providing an equity release (reverse mortgage) financial product is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a plurality of representative loans are created, wherein each loan can be characterized by a borrower type and a mortality table. A plurality of joint interest rate and house price scenarios are also created. Each of the representative loans can be run through each of the joint interest rate and house price scenarios to measure profitability metrics. The model can also be used to determine loan-to-value (LTV) ratios based on considerations including borrower age, loan volume sensitivity, a determined profit-maximizing LTV ratio, and geographic market considerations."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 15, 2006 (11/560,089). 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=8,131,637&OS=8,131,637&RS=8,131,637

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Statistics Based Method for Neutralizing Financial Impact of Click Fraud

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,131,611) developed by four co-inventors for a "statistics based method for neutralizing financial impact of click fraud." The co-inventors are Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Ballsbridge, Ireland, Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Robert C. Weir, Westford, Mass., and Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system and computer-readable medium for reducing a financial impact of click fraud are presented. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes, but is not limited to, the steps of: testing a sample of click events for fraudulent clicks of the PPC link, wherein the testing of the sample of click events for fraudulent clicks is directed to detecting fraudulent non-human clicks of the PPC link; and in response to a percentage of clicks failing the testing being greater than a pre-determined tolerance level, reducing a charge for clicks of the PPC link."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2006 (11/617,170). 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=8,131,611&OS=8,131,611&RS=8,131,611

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Schlumberger Technology Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Schlumberger Technology, Sugar Land, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,131,526) developed by Thomas J. Neville, Cambridge, Mass., for a "system and method for evaluating petroleum reservoir using forward modeling."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This invention relates to petroleum reservoir characterization. It uses a novel system and method to generate a system of reservoir models, and then use a series of simulation techniques to simulate the models. The models are refined through each simulation and comparison step by comparing the results of the simulation with the known data from the reservoir. The invention can be applied to different reservoirs which have different known properties. Simulation techniques such as EM test forward calculation, stochastic reservoir modeling, streamline forward calculation are all candidates of simulation methods disclosed in the invention."

The patent application was filed on April 14, 2007 (11/787,418). 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=8,131,526&OS=8,131,526&RS=8,131,526

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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MathWorks Assigned Patent for Method for Using a Graphical Debugging Tool

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- MathWorks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,523) developed by four co-inventors for a "method for using a graphical debugging tool." The co-inventors are Mehmet Yunt, Brighton, Mass., Murali Yeddanapudi, Watertown, Mass., Sanjai Singh, Bangalore, India, and John Edward Ciolfi, Wellesley, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method of exposing debugging information in a graphical modeling and execution environment is disclosed. The present invention allows a user to view debugging information in the same window as the graphical view of the model being executed. Debugging data is associated with relevant components of the model displayed in the graphical view. A separate execution list view shows the methods called during the execution of the block diagram in the current time step up until the current point in execution. User-set breakpoints and conditional breakpoints may be set in both the model view and the execution list view. Values may be obtained for all of the displayed methods. The debugging tool may be implemented by using it in conjunction with a graphical modeling and execution environment, such as a block diagram environment or state diagram environment."

The patent application was filed on July 1, 2010 (12/828,555). 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=8,131,523&OS=8,131,523&RS=8,131,523

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Genzyme Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Genzyme, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,560) developed by seven co-inventors for "systems and methods for managing regulatory information." The co-inventors are Alison Lawton, Lexington, Mass., Rachel Carle, Danvers, Mass., Monica Mehta, Burlington, Mass., Mary Durham, Groton, Mass., Richard J. Granfield, Framingham, Mass., James Earl Kiely, Medford, Mass., and David J. Puig, Hopkinton, Mass.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for managing regulatory data pertaining to a healthcare product. For example, the system may include a network interface for receiving, from a client terminal, a request for regulatory data related to regulatory activity about a product as it pertains to a regulatory authority. The system also includes interconnected information stores for storing regulatory data associated with the product, where the information stores may include: contact records associated with respective contacts with the regulatory authority; commitment records associated with respective commitments made to the regulatory authority; and product information records associated with respective documents associated with the product. The system also includes a processing module for identifying, in response to the received request, each contact record, commitment record, product information record, and central files record associated with the product related to the received request."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2006 (11/353,994). 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=8,131,560&OS=8,131,560&RS=8,131,560

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Cerner Innovation Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Cerner Innovation, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,131,561) developed by four co-inventors for an "inventory tracking for anatomic pathology consultations." The co-inventors are Mary Kay Burke, Portland, Ore., Joshua W. Arnold, Newton, Mass., Lori N. Cross, Kansas City, Mo., and James L. Stroud, Savannah, Mo.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An on-line approach to coordinating intradepartmental anatomic pathology consultations, including coordinating access to physical case materials and/or electronic case materials, is provided. In accordance with one method in a clinical computing environment, a command to initiate a share event for an anatomic pathology case is received. One or more share recipients are determined manually and/or automatically for the share event. In addition, whether any physical case materials and/or electronic case materials are associated with the anatomic pathology case is determined. If any physical case materials and/or electronic case materials are associated with the anatomic pathology case, share recipient access to the materials is coordinated. After each share recipient reviews the case, the share recipient may enter comments."

The patent application was filed on June 7, 2006 (11/422,779). 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=8,131,561&OS=8,131,561&RS=8,131,561

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Communications Using Different Modalities

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,131,556) developed by five co-inventors for "communications using different modalities." The co-inventors are William F. Barton, Harvard, Mass., Francisco M. Galanes, Wellesley, Mass., Lawrence M. Ockene, Seattle, Anand Ramakrishna, Redmond, Wash., and Tal Saraf, Seattle.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Communications between users of different modalities are enabled by a single integrated platform that allows both the input of voice (from a telephone, for example) to be realized as text (such as an interactive text message) and allows the input of text (from the interactive text messaging application, for example) to be realized as voice (on the telephone). Real-time communication may be enabled between any permutation of any number of text devices (desktop, PDA, mobile telephone) and voice devices (mobile telephone, regular telephone, etc.). A call to a text device user may be initiated by a voice device user or vice versa."

The patent application was filed on April 3, 2007 (11/695,826). 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=8,131,556&OS=8,131,556&RS=8,131,556

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Accuracy in a Prediction of Resource Usage of an Application in a Virtual Environment

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,131,519) developed by Timothy W. Wood, Amherst, Mass., and Ludmila Cherkasova, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "accuracy in a prediction of resource usage of an application in a virtual environment."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described herein is a system for improving accuracy in a prediction of resource usage of an application running in a virtual environment. The system comprises a first hardware platform implementing a native hardware system in which an application natively resides and executes, the native hardware system operating to execute a predetermined set of benchmarks that includes at least one of a network-intensive workload and a disk-intensive workload, a second hardware platform implementing a virtual environment therein, the virtual environment operating to execute the predetermined set of benchmarks, and a third hardware platform operating to collect first resource usage traces from the first hardware platform that result from the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the native hardware system and second resource usage traces from the second hardware platform that result from the execution of the predetermined set of benchmarks in the virtual environment. The third hardware platform further operating to perform a linear regression computation to generate at least one prediction model that predicts a resource usage of the application executing in the virtual environment based on the collected first and second resource usage traces."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/241,913). 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=8,131,519&OS=8,131,519&RS=8,131,519

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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MathWorks Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- MathWorks, Natick, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,528) developed by Chandresh Vora, Ashland, Mass., Martin Clark, Boston, and Michael H. McLernon, Attleboro, Mass., for a "reporting delay using visual indicators in a model."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Exemplary embodiments report delay incurred in a model. Exemplary embodiments identify an incurred delay that is related to a graphical affordance in the model and generate a visual indicator associated with the graphical affordance in the model. The visual indicator is related to the incurred delay. Exemplary embodiments render the visual indicator with an output device to depict the incurred delay that is related to the graphical affordance in the model."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2006 (11/648,433). 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=8,131,528&OS=8,131,528&RS=8,131,528

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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Raytheon BBN Technologies Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Raytheon BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,536) developed by Ralph M. Weischedel, Canton, Mass., Jinxi Xu, Framingham, Mass., and Michael R. Kayser, Somerville, Mass., for an extraction-empowered machine translation.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention relates to systems and methods for automatically translating documents from a first language to a second language. To carry out the translation of a document, elements of information are extracted from the document and are translated using one or more specialized translation processes. The remainder of the document is separately translated by a statistical translation process. The translated elements of information and the translated remainder are then merged into a final translated document."

The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2007 (11/998,663). 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=8,131,536&OS=8,131,536&RS=8,131,536

Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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General Electric Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- General Electric, Schenectady, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,131,342) developed by Peter Traneus Anderson, Andover, Mass., for a "method and system for field mapping using integral methodology." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for improved distortion measurement and compensation. Certain embodiments include selecting a set of sources on a surface of a volume, determining mutual inductances from the set of sources on the surface, and calculating distortion from the volume using the mutual inductances from the set of sources on the surface. In an embodiment, distortion is calculated using an integral method and/or a finite element analysis. The volume may be modeled as a simplified construct, such as a ring model, a coil array with straight line segments model, a polygon model, and/or dipole array model. The model may be adjusted based on the distortion calculated from the volume. Magnetic fields may also be used to calculate distortion. In an embodiment, an object may be tracked using a distortion mapping."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 24, 2004 (10/925,238). 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=8131342.PN.&OS=PN/8131342&RS=PN/8131342

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Teradyne Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Teradyne, North Reading, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,387) developed by Yong Zhang, Acton, Mass., for an "integrated high-efficiency microwave sourcing control process." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for controlling instrumentation in an automatic test system includes providing a group of hardware resources that can be configured in a variety of ways to realize different instrument configurations, which generally correspond to different traditional instrument types. An instrument driver is provided for each of the different instrument configurations, and calls to each instrument driver may be inserted into a test program for controlling the respective instrument configuration. The instrument drivers direct control of the hardware resources via a support driver. The support driver thus provides a central location through which control of the various hardware configurations is processed. From the user's point of view, the instrumentation is programmed as if it consists of a collection of traditional instrument types. But at the hardware level the instrumentation is highly integrated and efficiently realized."

The patent application was filed on Aug. 9, 2007 (11/836,331). 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=8,131,387&OS=8,131,387&RS=8,131,387

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Digital Voice Systems Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Digital Voice Systems, Westford, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,131,389) developed by four co-inventors for a digital audio server. The co-inventors are John C. Hardwick, Sudbury, Mass., Timothy E. Kalvaitis, Hollis, N.H., William S. McKinney, Reading, Mass., and Brian D. Clooney, Acton, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital audio server may be used to automatically download music from a collection of audio media, such as CDs or DVDs. The server also may automatically identify the media using track offset information."

The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2002 (10/067,990). 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=8,131,389&OS=8,131,389&RS=8,131,389

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Shadow Directory Structure in a Distributed Segmented File System

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,131,782) developed by Sudhir Srinivasan, Acton, Mass., and Boris Zuckerman, Marblehead, Mass., for a "shadow directory structure in a distributed segmented file system."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments described herein describe a file server used in an association with devices to implement a distributed-file system. The file server includes processor that is operative to store a first shadow tree entry providing a pointer to a file system object, where the first shadow tree entry provides an alternative to a first remote ancestor directory to access the file system object in the distributed file system." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2008 (12/240,873). 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=8,131,782&OS=8,131,782&RS=8,131,782

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Motorola Solutions Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Motorola Solutions, Schaumburg, Ill., has been assigned a patent (8,131,304) developed by Apoorv Chaudhri, Cambridge, Mass., and Yadunandana N. Rao, Sunrise, Fla., for a "dynamic spectrum allocation (DSA) in a communication network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of dynamically allocating RF communication channels to a wireless communication device (102). A plurality of dynamic spectrum allocation (DSA) channels (222, 224) can be identified. The DSA channels can be channels that are available to a non-incumbent user to be used for RF communications. Based on at least one required channel parameter, a DSA channel can be selected as a first channel to allocate to the wireless communication device. At least a second channel can be selected to allocate to the wireless communication device based on a spectral relationship between the first channel and the second channel to ensure that the first and second channels are separated by at least a minimum required frequency separation (216)."

The patent application was filed on March 30, 2009 (12/414,642). 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=8131304.PN.&OS=PN/8131304&RS=PN/8131304

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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Testing Machines Assigned Patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- Testing Machines, New Castle, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,131,483) developed by four co-inventors for a "yarn entanglement strength tester." The co-inventors are Dean A. Ross, Riverside, R.I., Filiz Avsar, Fall River, Mass., Kendall W. Gordon, Exeter, R.I., and Steven Leary, Berkley, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A yarn entanglement strength tester includes first and second rolls that apply incrementally increasing elongation levels on a yarn in order to remove entanglements from the yarn. The yarn entanglement strength tester also includes a third roll, where the second and third rolls apply a constant tension on the yarn which enables optimum diameter measurements of the yarn by a camera. The camera captures images of diameters of the yarn after each of the incrementally increasing elongation levels is applied to the yarn. The yarn entanglement strength tester further includes a computing device that controls operation of the camera and the first, second, and third rolls, and determines an entanglement strength of the yarn based on the captured images of the diameters of the yarn after each of the incrementally increasing elongation levels is applied to the yarn."

The patent application was filed on May 7, 2010 (12/775,827). 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=8,131,483&OS=8,131,483&RS=8,131,483

Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Attribute Visualization of Attendees to an Electronic Meeting

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,131,800) developed by five co-inventors for an "attribute visualization of attendees to an electronic meeting." The co-inventors are Elizabeth Vera Bagley, Cedar Park, Texas, Pamela Ann Nesbitt, Tampa, Fla., David Ross, Round Rock, Texas, Amy Delphine Travis, Arlington, Mass., and Lorin Evan Ullmann, Austin, Texas.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A server publishes a poll to one or more attendee clients to an electronic conference. The poll permits each attendee to select one of several choices as the vote of the respective attendee. Initially an attendee may have a default choice assigned to him, for example, undecided. The server may show a hypertext page that includes an image or persona icon of the attendee located within a panel that has the current vote that an attendee has chosen or, by default, been assigned." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2008 (12/127,155). 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=8,131,800&OS=8,131,800&RS=8,131,800

Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

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