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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Washington (April 19)
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Reducing Key Picture Popping Effects in Video
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,132) developed by Thomas W. Holcomb, Bothell, Wash., for "reducing key picture popping effects in video."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques and tools are described for reducing key picture popping effects. In some embodiments, an encoding system filters a video picture that is to be encoded as a key picture using intra-picture compression. The filtering reduces detail in the picture relative to other video pictures that are to be encoded using inter-picture compression. In many cases, the filtering reduces key picture popping effects by selectively attenuating detail in the picture that is to be encoded as a key picture. The encoding tool can use a key picture filter strength parameter to control strength of the filtering. The tool encodes the filtered video picture using intra-picture compression and encodes the other video pictures using inter-picture compression."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/070,181). 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=8,160,132.PN.&OS=PN/8,160,132&RS=PN/8,160,132
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,154) developed by Nick Vicars-Harris, Carnation, Wash., for "encoding and decoding methods and systems."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems enable uncompressed source data, corresponding to previously-compressed data, to be manipulated or otherwise modified, prior to being rendered by a rendering application. For example, audio data can be modified to include additional audio content, and/or video data can be modified to include additional video content. Accordingly, when the modified or manipulated source data is rendered by the rendering application, it can contain additional information that was not part of the previously-compressed data."
The patent application was filed on March 16, 2011 (13/049,768). 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=8,160,154.PN.&OS=PN/8,160,154&RS=PN/8,160,154
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Data Center Interconnect and Traffic Engineering
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,063) developed by five co-inventors for a "data center interconnect and traffic engineering." The co-inventors are David A. Maltz, Bellevue, Wash., Albert G. Greenberg, Seattle, Parveen K. Patel, Redmond, Wash., Sudipta Sengupta, Redmond, Wash., and Parantap Lahiri, Redmond, Wash.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for commoditizing data center networking is disclosed. The system includes an interconnection topology for a data center having a plurality of servers and a plurality of nodes of a network in the data center through which data packets may be routed. The system uses a routing scheme where the routing is oblivious to the traffic pattern between nodes in the network, and wherein the interconnection topology contains a plurality of paths between one or more servers. The multipath routing may be Valiant load balancing. It disaggregates the function of load balancing into a group of regular servers, with the result that load balancing server hardware can be distributed amongst racks in the data center leading to greater agility and less fragmentation. The architecture creates a huge, flexible switching domain, supporting any server/any service, full mesh agility, and unregimented server capacity at low cost."
The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/410,745). 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=8,160,063.PN.&OS=PN/8,160,063&RS=PN/8,160,063
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Network Connectivity Determination Based on Passive Analysis of Connection-oriented Path Information
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,062) developed by Tin Qian, Bellevue, Wash., and James Talbut, Redmond, Wash., for a "network connectivity determination based on passive analysis of connection-oriented path information."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Passive analysis connection detection architecture that leverages connection-oriented end-to-end stack protocol information. In a TCP/IP implementation, by passively leveraging TCP information, a given system can determine in a more realtime fashion the connectivity state of a TCP pathway. Additionally, other passive information from the TCP/IP stack such as send/receive packet counts can be considered. Based on analysis of TCP path information and/or send/receive packet counts, loss of certain network connectivity can be inferred, which greatly improves the accuracy and responsiveness of detecting network connectivity losses. The disclosed architecture also facilitates improved performance when using proxy systems for network connectivity so as to reduce unnecessary network traffic and to route network systems to other online systems in a more efficient and effective manner."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 5, 2007 (11/702,478). 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=8,160,062.PN.&OS=PN/8,160,062&RS=PN/8,160,062
Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.
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Sharp Laboratories of America Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Sharp Laboratories of America, Camas, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,365) developed by Richard John Campbell, Camas, Wash., and Jon M. Speigle, Vancouver, Wash., for "methods and systems for identifying digital image characteristics."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for determining image characteristics in a digital image."
The patent application was filed on June 30, 2008 (12/164,985). 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=8,160,365&OS=8,160,365&RS=8,160,365
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Navigating Images Using Image Based Geometric Alignment and Object Based Controls
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,400) developed by Keith Noah Snavely, Seattle, Steven Maxwell Seitz, Seattle, and Richard Szeliski, Bellevue, Wash., for "navigating images using image based geometric alignment and object based controls."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Over the past few years there has been a dramatic proliferation of digital cameras, and it has become increasingly easy to share large numbers of photographs with many other people. These trends have contributed to the availability of large databases of photographs. Effectively organizing, browsing, and visualizing such .seas. of images, as well as finding a particular image, can be difficult tasks. In this paper, we demonstrate that knowledge of where images were taken and where they were pointed makes it possible to visualize large sets of photographs in powerful, intuitive new ways. We present and evaluate a set of novel tools that use location and orientation information, derived semi-automatically using structure from motion, to enhance the experience of exploring such large collections of images."
The patent application was filed on July 25, 2006 (11/493,436). 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=8,160,400&OS=8,160,400&RS=8,160,400
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Blue Spike Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Blue Spike, Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., has been assigned a patent (8,160,249) developed by Scott A. Moskowitz, Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., and Mike W. Berry, Seattle, for "utilizing data reduction in steganographic and cryptographic system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to methods for protecting a data signal using the following techniques: applying a data reduction technique to reduce the data signal into a reduced data signal; subtracting the reduced data signal from the data signal to produce a remainder signal; embedding a first watermark into the reduced data signal to produce a watermarked, reduced data signal; and adding the watermarked, reduced data signal to the remainder signal to produce an output signal. A second watermark may be embedded into the remainder signal before the final addition step. Further, cryptographic techniques may be used to encrypt the reduced data signals and to encrypt the remainder signals before the final addition step. The present invention also relates to a system for securing a data signal including: computer devices for applying a data reduction technique to reduce the data signal into a reduced data signal; means to subtract the reduced data signal from the data signal to produce a remainder signal; means to apply a first cryptographic technique to encrypt the reduced data signal to produce an encrypted, reduced data signal; means to apply a second cryptographic technique to encrypt the remainder signal to produce an encrypted remainder signal; and means to add the encrypted, reduced data signal to the encrypted remainder signal to produce an output signal."
The patent application was filed on Dec. 22, 2009 (12/655,036). 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=8,160,249&OS=8,160,249&RS=8,160,249
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Combining Online and Offline Recognizers in a Handwriting Recognition System
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,362) developed by six co-inventors for "combining online and offline recognizers in a handwriting recognition system." The co-inventors are Xinjian Chen, Beijing, Dongmei Zhang, Redmond, Wash., Yu Zou, Beijing, Ming Chang, Beijing, Shi Han, Beijing, and Jian Wang, Beijing.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described is a technology by which online recognition of handwritten input data is combined with offline recognition and processing to obtain a combined recognition result. In general, the combination improves overall recognition accuracy. In one aspect, online and offline recognition is separately performed to obtain online and offline character-level recognition scores for candidates (hypotheses). A statistical analysis-based combination algorithm, an AdaBoost algorithm, and/or a neural network-based combination may determine a combination function to combine the scores to produce a result set of one or more results. Online and offline radical-level recognition may be performed. For example, a HMM recognizer may generate online radical scores used to build a radical graph, which is then rescored using the offline radical recognition scores. Paths in the rescored graph are then searched to provide the combined recognition result, e.g., corresponding to the path with the highest score."
The patent application was filed on April 19, 2011 (13/090,242). 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=8,160,362&OS=8,160,362&RS=8,160,362
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Method for Overlapping Visual Slices
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,389) developed by six co-inventors for a "method for overlapping visual slices." The co-inventors are Charles Bissonnette, Snoqualmie, Wash., Charles Parker, Sammamish, Wash., Daniel Cook, Seattle, Douglas Charles Shimonek, Sioux City, Iowa, William Hsu, Redmond, Wash., and Yin Li, Issaquah, Wash.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Image editing tools are commonly used to assist with manipulating and saving visual compositions. Many image editing tools provide slicing functionality to create images slices (sub-images) of the visual composition. As provided herein, a slice representation of a visual composition is defined by an arbitrarily chosen set of coordinates within the visual composition. This slice region may be defined independent of other slice regions (e.g. the slice region may or may not overlap, abut, etc. other slice regions). The slice representation comprises the slice region and one or more objects or portions thereof within the slice region. Slice representations may also comprise overlapping objects and/or slice region coordinates. Objects may be manipulated within a slice representation without affecting that object within other slice representations."
The patent application was filed on July 24, 2008 (12/179,575). 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=8,160,389&OS=8,160,389&RS=8,160,389
Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cequint Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Cequint, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,160,556) developed by Mark Gosselin, Seattle, and Rick Hennessey, Bainbridge Island, Wash., for a "system and method for local handset check of the NXX local exchange to determine carrier."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and method for determining if a network of a call page has been ported to another network. The mobile communications network associated with a received call page is determined based on caller identification (CID) included in the call page and information of local exchange codes and associated mobile carriers stored in local memory of the mobile device. The method determines if the mobile communications network associated with the received call page is valid with regard to an exceptions list. Next it is determined if the determined mobile communications network associated with the call page matches the mobile communications network associated with the mobile device based on the validity determination. The exceptions list identifies phone numbers that have been ported to a mobile communications network that is different that the determined network."
The patent application was filed on April 13, 2009 (12/422,940). 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=8,160,556&OS=8,160,556&RS=8,160,556
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Root Wireless Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Root Wireless, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,571) developed by Paul Griff, Bellevue, Wash., Ron Dicklin, Kirkland, Wash., and Jason Browne, San Mateo, Calif., for a "mobile device and method for collecting location based user quality data."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile device executes software. The software collects realistic and accurate user quality information without degrading the user experience of the mobile device during the data collection process. The software operates as a background application, and may have a user interface, and the software is remotely controllable and updatable by an external server."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2009 (12/574,593). 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=8,160,571&OS=8,160,571&RS=8,160,571
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cisco Technology Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,160,638) developed by Joseph Salowey, Seattle, for controlling multi-mode devices.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In an example embodiment, a technique for automatically controlling radio interfaces of a multi-mode device. Wireless interfaces are enabled or disabled based on the probability of network availability of the interfaces at a current geographical location."
The patent application was filed on April 15, 2008 (12/103,445). 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=8,160,638&OS=8,160,638&RS=8,160,638
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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T-Mobile USA Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- T-Mobile USA, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,565) developed by four co-inventors for a "device with multidirectional control for selecting actions to perform on a telecommunication device." The co-inventors are Winston Wang, Seattle, Jason W. Valalik, Shoreline, Wash., Jonathan L. Mann, Seattle, and Richard Alan Ewing Jr., Renton, Wash.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic device and a telecommunication device that are locally connected and methods of utilizing those devices are described herein. The electronic device detects a pattern or duration of user interactions with a multidirectional control of the electronic device. Based on the pattern or duration and association data mapping patterns or durations to commands, the electronic device selects a command and then transmits the command to the telecommunication device. The telecommunication device enables a user to associate actions to be performed by the telecommunication device with patterns or durations of user interaction with the multidirectional control. Also, the telecommunication device receives a signal from the electronic device that is recognized as a command to perform an action, the recognition being based on association data mapping the signal to a pattern or duration of user interaction. The telecommunication device then performs the action."
The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (12/788,236). 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=8,160,565&OS=8,160,565&RS=8,160,565
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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AT&T Mobility I Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- AT&T Mobility I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,160,557) developed by Christopher A. White, Redmond, Wash., Russell J. Waughman, Woodinville, Wash., and Gregg J. Berretta, Bellevue, Wash., for an "integration of wireless and external computing devices."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Information is received from a caller via a wireless device and communicated to an external computing device. Contact information for the caller is located using at least one of a name and phone number of the caller, and when the contact information for the caller is located, it is displayed on a display of the external computing device."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2003 (10/662,639). 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=8,160,557&OS=8,160,557&RS=8,160,557
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cequint Assigned Patent for System and Method for Determination of Network and Conditional Execution of Applications and Promotions
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Cequint, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,160,555) developed by Mark Gosselin, Seattle, and Rick Hennessey, Bainbridge Island, Wash., for a "system and method for determination of network and conditional execution of applications and promotions."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for determining whether an incoming call originates from inside or outside of a mobile carriers network. An example system performs a GTT (global title translation) on an incoming number to determine the hosting carrier of any mobile phone number. After the result of the matching determination is made, a message is generated and sent to a caller associated with the call page. The generated message includes any of directory information associated with the subscriber, information associated with cost savings or comparisons associated with in-network calling, information regarding promotions for calling plans, mobile devices or device upgrades, requests to join a network, requests to join a social call plan, information regarding instant savings or call rebates, offers for online services or software, offers for reduced cost or free phone service in exchange for adoption of a predefined product or entering into a social network group."
The patent application was filed on April 13, 2009 (12/422,927). 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=8,160,555&OS=8,160,555&RS=8,160,555
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Cypress Semiconductor Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,160,864) developed by Craig Nemecek, Seattle, and Steve Roe, Woodinville, Wash., for an "in-circuit emulator and pod synchronized boot."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A synchronized boot process for an In-Circuit Emulator system. A real microcontroller is operated in lock-step synchronization with a virtual microcontroller to permit In-Circuit Emulation that allows debugging of the real microcontroller without interfering with its real time operation. The synchronized boot is accomplished by running boot code in the real microcontroller while the virtual microcontroller runs dummy code with the same timing as the boot code. Registers and memory contents are then copied from the real microcontroller to the virtual microcontroller to complete initialization and enter a state of readiness for lock-step operation."
The patent application was filed on Nov. 1, 2001 (10/001,478). 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=8,160,864&OS=8,160,864&RS=8,160,864
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,160,508) developed by Michael Edward Prise, Kirkland, Wash., for a "system and method for operational parameter selection to avoid interference in a wireless communication system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A wireless communication device uses operational parameters stored in a capabilities list to control operation of the device. The device may also provide auxiliary services, such as reception of broadcast television signals and location detection using network assisted GPS. When auxiliary services are selected, the cellular operation may cause interference with the auxiliary services. The wireless communication device includes a reduced set of capabilities to control operation of the wireless communication device when an auxiliary service is requested. The particular set of reduced capabilities may depend on the specific type of auxiliary service that has been requested. Upon termination of the auxiliary services, the full capabilities list may be restored and the operation of the wireless communication device is thereafter controlled by the full set of operational capabilities."
The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2008 (12/191,991). 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=8,160,508&OS=8,160,508&RS=8,160,508
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Focus Tracking in Dialogs
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,883) developed by Renaud J. Lecoeuche, Bellevue, Wash., for a "focus tracking in dialogs."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Controls are provided for a web server to generate client side markups that include recognition and/or audible prompting. The controls comprise elements of a dialog such as a question, answer, confirmation, command or statement. A module forms a dialog by making use of the information carried in the controls. The dialog follows a selected order of prompting and receiving input from a user as related to the order of the controls, and departs from the selected order as a function of responses from the user."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2004 (10/755,623). 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=8,160,883&OS=8,160,883&RS=8,160,883
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Cequint Assigned Patent for System and Method for Enhanced Display of In-network Caller Information on a Mobile Device
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Cequint, Seattle, has been assigned a patent (8,160,554) developed by Mark Gosselin, Seattle, and Rick Hennessey, Bainbridge Island, Wash., for a "system and method for enhanced display of in-network caller information on a mobile device."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and method for determining reporting to a subscriber whether an incoming call originates from inside or outside of a mobile carrier's network. An example system performs a GTT (global title translation) on an incoming number to determine the hosting carrier of any mobile phone number. When the result matches the subscriber's carrier, the mobile device then indicates to the subscriber (i.e. mobile device) that the call is an "in network call."."
The patent application was filed on April 13, 2009 (12/422,919). 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=8,160,554&OS=8,160,554&RS=8,160,554
Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar.
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Microsoft Assigned Patent for Piecewise-based Variable-parameter Hidden Markov Models and the training
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,878) developed by four co-inventors for a "piecewise-based variable-parameter hidden markov models and the training thereof." The co-inventors are Dong Yu, Kirkland, Wash., Li Deng, Redmond, Wash., Yifan Gong, Sammamish, Wash., and Alejandro Acero, Bellevue, Wash.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A speech recognition system uses Gaussian mixture variable-parameter hidden Markov models (VPHMMs) to recognize speech under many different conditions. Each Gaussian mixture component of the VPHMMs is characterized by a mean parameter .mu. and a variance parameter .SIGMA.. Each of these Gaussian parameters varies as a function of at least one environmental conditioning parameter, such as, but not limited to, instantaneous signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR). The way in which a Gaussian parameter varies with the environmental conditioning parameter(s) can be approximated as a piecewise function, such as a cubic spline function. Further, the recognition system formulates the mean parameter .mu. and the variance parameter .SIGMA. of each Gaussian mixture component in an efficient form that accommodates the use of discriminative training and parameter sharing. Parameter sharing is carried out so that the otherwise very large number of parameters in the VPHMMs can be effectively reduced with practically feasible amounts of training data."
The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2008 (12/211,114). 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=8,160,878&OS=8,160,878&RS=8,160,878
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Lockheed Martin Assigned Patent for Nerve Stimulator and Method Using Simultaneous Electrical and Optical Signals
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,160,696) developed by four co-inventors for a "nerve stimulator and method using simultaneous electrical and optical signals." The co-inventors are Mark P. Bendett, Kirkland, Wash., Jonathon D. Wells, Seattle, James S. Webb, Seattle, and Charles A. Lemaire, Apple Valley, Minn.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for stimulating animal tissue (for example to trigger a nerve action potential (NAP) signal in a human patient) by application of both electrical and optical signals for treatment and diagnosis purposes. The application of an electrical signal before or simultaneously to the application of a NAP-triggering optical signal allows the use of a lower amount of optical power or energy than would otherwise be needed if an optical signal alone was used for the same purpose and effectiveness. The application of the electrical signal may precondition the nerve tissue such that a lower-power optical signal can be used to trigger the desired NAP, which otherwise would take a higher-power optical signal were the electric signal not applied. Some embodiments include an implanted nerve interface having a plurality of closely spaced electrodes placed transversely and/or longitudinally to the nerve and a plurality of optical emitters."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 5, 2009 (12/573,848). 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=8,160,696&OS=8,160,696&RS=8,160,696
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Inrix Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Inrix, Kirkland, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,805) developed by Oliver B. Downs, Redmond, Wash., and Craig H. Chapman, Redmond, Wash., for "obtaining road traffic condition data from mobile data sources."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques are described for assessing road traffic conditions in various ways based on obtained traffic-related data, such as data samples from vehicles and other mobile data sources traveling on the roads, as well as in some situations data from one or more other sources (such as physical sensors near to or embedded in the roads). The assessment of road traffic conditions based on obtained data samples may include various filtering and/or conditioning of the data samples, and various inferences and probabilistic determinations of traffic-related characteristics of interest from the data samples. In some situations, at least some of the mobile data sources are configured to frequently acquire and store data samples, and to occasionally make multiple such data samples available together for use in the road traffic condition assessment (e.g., by acquiring a data sample every minute and by transmitting a group of stored data samples every 15 minutes)."
The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2011 (13/026,106). 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=8,160,805&OS=8,160,805&RS=8,160,805
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Cameron Health Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Cameron Health, San Clemente, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,160,699) developed by four co-inventors for a "cardioverter-defibrillator having a focused shocking area and orientation thereof." The co-inventors are Gust H. Bardy, Seattle, Riccardo Cappato, Ferrara, Italy, William J. Rissmann, Coto de Caza, Calif., and Gary H. Sanders, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator including a housing; an electrical circuit located within the housing; a first electrode coupled to the electrical circuit and located on the housing; and a second electrode coupled to the electrical circuit."
The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2010 (12/901,333). 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=8,160,699&OS=8,160,699&RS=8,160,699
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Physio-Control Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Physio-Control, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,703) developed by nine co-inventors for "apparatus, software, and methods for cardiac pulse detection using a piezoelectric sensor." The co-inventors are Ronald E. Stickney, Edmonds, Wash., Cynthia P. Jayne, Redmond, Wash., Paula Lank, Newcastle, Wash., Patricia O'Hearn, Mercer Island, Wash., Tae H. Joo, Redmond, Wash., David R. Hampton, Woodinville, Wash., Richard C. Nova, Kirkland, Wash., Patrick F. Kelly, Edmonds, Wash., and William E. Saltzstein, Woodinville, Wash.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Signal data obtained from a piezoelectric sensor placed on a patient's body is used to detect the presence of a cardiac pulse. The piezoelectric sensor has a transducing element adapted to sense movement due to a cardiac pulse and produce piezoelectric signal data in response thereto. Processing circuitry analyzes the piezoelectric signal data for a feature indicative of a cardiac pulse and determines whether a cardiac pulse is present in the patient based on the feature. In one aspect, the feature may be a temporal feature such as a relative change in energy. In another aspect, the feature may be a spectral feature such as the energy or frequency of a peak in the energy spectrum of the signal. In yet another aspect, the feature may be obtained by comparing the piezoelectric signal data with a previously-identified pattern known to predict the presence of a cardiac pulse. Multiple features may also be obtained from the piezoelectric signal data and classified to determine the presence of a cardiac pulse."
The patent application was filed on July 22, 2005 (11/187,616). 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=8,160,703&OS=8,160,703&RS=8,160,703
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Cameron Health Assigned Patent for Method for Adapting Charge Initiation for an Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Cameron Health, San Clemente, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,160,697) developed by Jay A. Warren, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., and Gust H. Bardy, Carnation, Wash., for a "method for adapting charge initiation for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Adaptive methods for initiating charging of the high power capacitors of an implantable medical device for therapy delivery after the patient experiences a non-sustained arrhythmia. The adaptive methods adjust persistence criteria used to analyze an arrhythmia prior to initiating a charging sequence to deliver therapy."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 25, 2005 (11/042,911). 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=8,160,697&OS=8,160,697&RS=8,160,697
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,160,680) developed by eight co-inventors for an "autofluorescent imaging and target ablation." The co-inventors are Edward S. Boyden, Cambridge, Mass., Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, Wash., Dennis J. Rivet, Portsmouth, Va., Thomas Allan Weaver, San Mateo, Calif., and Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash.
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus, devices, methods, systems, computer programs and computing devices related to autofluorescent imaging and ablation are disclosed."
The patent application was filed on April 24, 2007 (11/895,561). 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=8,160,680&OS=8,160,680&RS=8,160,680
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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Honeywell International Assigned Patent for Methods and Systems for Radar Aided Aircraft Positioning for Approaches and Landings
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19 -- Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,160,758) developed by Curtis J. Call, Stillwater, Minn., David E. Hedin, Woodbury, Minn., and David C. Vacanti, Renton, Wash., for "methods and systems for radar aided aircraft positioning for approaches and landings."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for radar aided positioning of an air vehicle for approach and landing is described. The method includes integrating global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data and inertial data to calculate a position of the air vehicle, scanning the environment forward of the air vehicle with a radar, and accessing a database of terrain features and their radar signatures. The method further includes matching features in the radar scan data to the radar signatures in the database to determine an actual position of the air vehicle and synthesizing glide slope and localizer signals for the approach and landing based on the determined actual position."
The patent application was filed on May 22, 2006 (11/419,595). 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=8,160,758&OS=8,160,758&RS=8,160,758
Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.
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