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TMCNet: U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (May 4)

[May 04, 2012]

U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Virginia (May 4)

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia.

*** Sprint Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Sprint Communications, Overland Park, Kan., has been assigned a patent (8,169,907) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for delivering a multi-user packet." The co-inventors are Bhagwan Singh Khanka, Lenexa, Kan., Anoop Kumar Goyal, Overland Park, Kan., Shilpa Kowdley Srinivas, Herndon, Va., and Hemanth Balaji Pawar, Herndon, Va.


The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method, system, and computer readable media are provided for transmitting multi-user packets in an evolution data only (EVDO) network. Upon receipt of the data rate control requests of access terminals in the network, an access node can group particular access terminals into groups of shared data rate control access terminals. The access node will generate and later send a multi-user packet based on the requested data rate control of a group of shared data rate control access terminals. The transmission of the multi-user packet shall be accomplished at the requested data rate control of the group of shared data rate control access terminals." The patent application was filed on Aug. 6, 2008 (12/186,941). 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=8,169,907&OS=8,169,907&RS=8,169,907 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Caldwell Photographic Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Caldwell Photographic, Petersburg, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,169,717) developed by J. Brian Caldwell, Petersburg, Va., for a "large aperture imaging optical systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Large aperture optical systems that are extremely well corrected over a large flat field and over a large spectral range are disclosed. Breathing and aberration variation during focusing are optionally controlled by moving at least two groups of lens elements independently. Aberration correction in general is aided by allowing the working distance to become short relative to the format diagonal. Field curvature is largely corrected by a steeply curved concave surface relatively close to the image plane. This allows the main collective elements to be made of low-index anomalous dispersion materials in order to correct secondary spectrum. In wide-angle example embodiments, distortion may be controlled with an aspheric surface near the front of the lens." The patent application was filed on June 7, 2010 (12/802,405). 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=8,169,717&OS=8,169,717&RS=8,169,717 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.

*** Hillcrest Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Hillcrest Laboratories, Rockville, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,169,405) developed by seven co-inventors for "methods and systems for enhancing television applications using 3D pointing." The co-inventors are Frank A. Hunleth, Rockville, Md., Negar Moshiri, Bethesda, Md., William J. Napier, Germantown, Md., Daniel S. Simpkins, Bethesda, Md., Frank J. Wroblewski, Gaithersburg, Md., Kevin Conroy, Rockville, Md., and Charles W.K. Gritton, Sterling, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a control framework for organizing, selecting and launching media items including graphical user interfaces coupled with an optional 3D control device for collection of the basic control primitives of point, click, scroll, hover and zoom which permit for easy and rapid selection of media items, e.g., movies, songs etc., from large or small collections. The remote control maps natural hand movements and gestures into relevant commands while the graphical display uses images, zooming for increased/decreased levels of detail and continuity of GUI objects to provide easy organization, selection and navigation among the media items by a user." The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2010 (12/951,669). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,169,405.PN.&OS=PN/8,169,405&RS=PN/8,169,405 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Nextel Communications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Nextel Communications, Reston, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,170,036) developed by Don Gunasekara, Reston, Va., and Tom Wilson, Overland Park, Kan., for "systems and methods of voice chat." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods of exchanging voice chat information are provided. Voice chat information is received and the received voice chat information is placed into one or more packets. A control channel is selected and the one or more packets are transmitted over the selected control channel. The voice chat information can be transmitted in short messaging service (SMS) packets over the control channel. Moreover, voice chat information is exchanged between first and second communication stations by way of a SMS gateway, and media and signaling information are exchanged between the first and second communication stations independent on the SMS gateway." The patent application was filed on May 12, 2008 (12/118,908). 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=8,170,036&OS=8,170,036&RS=8,170,036 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** NASA Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- NASA has been assigned a patent (8,170,234) developed by Thomas F. Brooks, Seaford, Va., and William M. Humphreys Jr., Newport News, Va., for "deconvolution methods and systems for the mapping of acoustic sources from phased microphone arrays." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Mapping coherent/incoherent acoustic sources as determined from a phased microphone array. A linear configuration of equations and unknowns are formed by accounting for a reciprocal influence of one or more cross-beamforming characteristics thereof at varying grid locations among the plurality of grid locations. An equation derived from the linear configuration of equations and unknowns can then be iteratively determined. The equation can be attained by the solution requirement of a constraint equivalent to the physical assumption that the coherent sources have only in phase coherence. The size of the problem may then be reduced using zoning methods. An optimized noise source distribution is then generated over an identified aeroacoustic source region associated with a phased microphone array (microphones arranged in an optimized grid pattern including a plurality of grid locations) in order to compile an output presentation thereof, thereby removing beamforming characteristics from the resulting output presentation. " The patent application was filed on April 24, 2008 (12/108,562). 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=8,170,234&OS=8,170,234&RS=8,170,234 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Exelis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Exelis, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,169,357) developed by Ronald Bruno, Arlington, Va., and Boris Veytsman, Reston, Va., for a "transmission scheduling for ADS-B ground systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and methods for reducing redundant messages broadcast in an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. For a given target, a controller determines the relevant customers that should receive information about the target, identifies all of the ground stations that can be satisfactorily heard by the relevant customers, and then identifies a smaller subset of ground stations by selecting only those ground stations that are needed to reach all of the relevant customers. ADS-B messages are then broadcast to the relevant customers using only the smaller subset of ground stations." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2011 (13/110,453). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,169,357.PN.&OS=PN/8,169,357&RS=PN/8,169,357 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Mikoh Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Mikoh, McLean, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,169,318) developed by Peter Samuel Atherton, Leesburg, Va., for a "radio frequency identification tag with tamper detection capability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An RFID tag includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. An RFID integrated circuit is disposed on the top surface of the substrate. A first electrically conductive region is associated with the top surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to the RFID integrated circuit. A second electrically conductive region is associated with the bottom surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to the first conductive region, the first and second conductive regions forming an RFID antenna. The RFID integrated circuit, first conductive region and second conductive region together provide an RFID function. An attachment layer is associated with the bottom surface of the substrate for attaching the tag to a surface. An adhesion modifying layer modifies the adhesion of the second conductive region such that the second conductive region is disrupted if the tag is tampered or removed from the surface." The patent application was filed on Aug. 30, 2004 (10/569,946). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,169,318.PN.&OS=PN/8,169,318&RS=PN/8,169,318 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,170,190) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and system for managing telephone number allocation." The co-inventors are Kevin Yang Huang, Tulsa, Okla., Becky Lynn Reynolds, Bartlesville, Okla., Godfrey Chisanga, Rowlett, Texas, and Bharath Nelakonda, Lansdowne, Va.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving, from a customer, limitation data associated with managing telephone number allocation, determining a limitation threshold based on at least the limitation data, allocating one or more telephone numbers to a customer based on at least the limitation threshold, and providing the one or more telephone numbers to a customer." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2007 (11/960,911). 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=8,170,190&OS=8,170,190&RS=8,170,190 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** BBN Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,169,358) developed by John Michael Bourdelais, Vienna, Va., and Ahmad Khalid Aman, Fairfax, Va., for a "coherent multi-band radar and communications transceiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-band RF transceiver for transmitting communications data and radar signals includes a transmitter having a source of communications data and radar signals. A modulator combines the data and radar signals and then modulates the combined signal with a carrier signal generated by a synthesizer. A processor instructs the synthesizer to change the carrier frequency and the source to provide data and radar signals corresponding to the carrier frequency so that multiple bands are transmitted over a desired spectrum. A receiver includes a demodulator that demodulates the received signal and a synthesizer that generates a signal that tunes the demodulator to the desired carrier frequency. A processor instructs the synthesizer to change the carrier frequency so that the demodulator demodulates the multiple bands of data and the radar signals over the desired spectrum." The patent application was filed on June 25, 2007 (11/751,137). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,169,358.PN.&OS=PN/8,169,358&RS=PN/8,169,358 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand.

*** Verizon Services Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Verizon Services, Ashburn, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,170,193) developed by James E. Curry, Herndon, Va., Alexander I. McAllister, Wheaton, Md., and Patricia V. Hatton, Laurel, Md., for a "spatial sound conference system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The spatial sound conference system enables participants in a teleconference to distinguish between speakers even during periods of interruption and overtalk, identify speakers based on spatial location cues, understand low volume speech, and block out background noise using spatial sound information. Spatial sound information may be captured using microphones positioned at the ear locations of a dummy head at a conference table, or spatial sound information may be added to a participant's monaural audio signal using head-related transfer functions. Head-related transfer functions simulate the frequency response of audio signals across the head from one ear to the other ear to create a spatial location for a sound. Spatial sound is transmitted across a communication channel, such as ISDN, and reproduced using spatially disposed loudspeakers positioned at the ears of a participant. By inserting a spatial sound component in a teleconference, a speaker other than the loudest speaker may be heard during periods of interruption and overtalk. Additionally, speakers may be more readily identified when they have a spatial sound position, and the perception of background noise is reduced." The patent application was filed on Feb. 16, 2006 (11/355,171). 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=8,170,193&OS=8,170,193&RS=8,170,193 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

*** Pine Valley Investments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 4 -- Pine Valley Investments, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,169,983) developed by William Oscar Janky, Goode, Va., Thomas Andrew Hengeveld, Hollis, N.H., and Dennis Michael Martinez, Westford, Mass., for a "transcoder architecture for land mobile radio systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A transcoder architecture and method for transcoding in land mobile radio (LMR) systems are provided. The LMR system includes a first communication site configured to communicate using a first LMR communication protocol and a second communication site configured to communicate using a second LMR communication protocol. The LMR system further includes a transcoder configured to receive LMR content from the first communication site communicated using the first LMR communication protocol and digitally convert the LMR content to the second LMR communication protocol to be communicated to the second communication site." The patent application was filed on Aug. 7, 2006 (11/501,132). 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=8,169,983&OS=8,169,983&RS=8,169,983 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi.

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