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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (April 12)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** Siemens Industry Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Siemens Industry, Alpharetta, Ga., has been assigned a patent (8,155,767) developed by Emad ElMankabady, Monroe, N.J., and Karen Lontka, Randolph, N.J., for "remote building control data display with automatic updates." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes receiving at a first computer at least one interpreted program over the Internet using a web-browser. The method further includes executing at the first computer at least one interpreted software program to display at least a first graphical element, each graphical element having characteristics dependent upon a status of a corresponding building control system device in a remote location. The method also includes transmitting to the first computer first information regarding a change in status of at least one building control system device, and then transmitting to the first computer second information regarding a subsequent change in status of at least one building control system device. The transmission of second information is provided in the absence of a request transmitted by the first computer for updated information." The patent application was filed on March 2, 2007 (11/713,573). 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=8,155,767&OS=8,155,767&RS=8,155,767 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,155,672) developed by four co-inventors for a "scalable geo-location event processing." The co-inventors are Ratan Bajpai, Mt. Laurel, N.J., John Buford, Princeton, N.J., Venkatesh Krishnaswamy, Holmdel, N.J., and Xiaotao Wu, Metuchen, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Traditional, server-oriented architectures have focused on providing location-based services by using publish-subscribe, efficient message buses, and filtering mechanisms. However, given an enterprise's unique requirements, these techniques have offered mixed results when used in an enterprise context. The present invention enables an efficient way to provide location-based services to an enterprise, as well as to integrate those location-based services into the enterprise's communications platform. A platform for supporting converged, location-based communications comprises one or more application servers such as a transactional server, a Session Initiation Protocol server, and so forth. In addition, the platform advantageously comprises an event processor for managing arriving location streams that are generated by targets being monitored. Such targets include the cell phones and WiFi handsets of the enterprise users, but can also include location data from various users arriving from multiple, fixed points such as credit card readers in stores." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2008 (12/211,579). 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=8,155,672&OS=8,155,672&RS=8,155,672 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Providing Broadband Signals to a Portable User Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,155,583) developed by Joseph A. Alfred, Somerset, N.J., and Joseph M. Sommer, Rutherford, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for providing broadband signals to a portable user device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing broadband signals to a portable user device is disclosed. Broadband signals, such as satellite radio signals, are received at a base station having a plurality of antennas. The content of the broadband signals are then encoded using space time coding (STC), and the STC encoded broadband content is transmitted from the plurality of antennas via a first wireless network protocol. The STC encoded broadband content can be received at a portable user device having a plurality of antennas or at a wireless access point having a plurality of antennas, which then transmit the broadband signals via a second wireless network protocol." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2006 (11/590,081). 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=8,155,583&OS=8,155,583&RS=8,155,583 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Mobility II Assigned Patent for Systems and Methods for Providing Wireless Telecommunications Access to Authorized Wireless Service Subscribers ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T Mobility II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,155,622) developed by David Moshenberg, Fair Haven, N.J., and Leonardo Garcia, Bethesda, Md., for "systems and methods for providing wireless telecommunications access to authorized wireless service subscribers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for providing authorized wireless telecommunication access is provided. The system includes at least one password-protected cellular access (PPCA) node and a database. The database is configured to receive an identifier from a mobile terminal and correlate the identifier with PPCA node data to determine if the mobile terminal is authorized to use a particular PPCA node. A method for providing authorized wireless telecommunication access is also provided." The patent application was filed on May 27, 2005 (11/743,400). 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=8,155,622&OS=8,155,622&RS=8,155,622 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,155,627) developed by nine co-inventors for a "visual voicemail provisioning and notification." The co-inventors are Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, Mass., Chris Helbling, Norwalk, Conn., Gaurav D. Mehta, Brighton, Mass., Michael R. Oliver, Wayne, N.J., Guillermo Ortiz, Brookline, Mass., Okeno Palmer, Woburn, Mass., Dahai Ren, Waltham, Mass., Diego S. Rozensztejn, Brookline, Mass., and Atul Thaper, Flemington, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2008 (12/265,910). 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=8,155,627&OS=8,155,627&RS=8,155,627 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** e-Vision Smart Optics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- e-Vision Smart Optics, Roanoke, Va., has been assigned a patent (8,154,804) developed by Joseph Thomas McGinn, Flemington, N.J., Dwight P. Duston, Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Anthony Van Heugten, Sarasota, Fla., for "electro-optic lenses for correction of higher order aberrations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A lens is presented in which the lens includes a substrate and an electrode layer. The electrode layer is positioned upon the substrate. The electrode layer has radially alternating rings of electrodes and resistive material. When voltage is applied across two adjacent electrodes the profile of the electric field therebetween is linear. When voltage is applied to the rings of electrodes, the optical phase profile of the lens closely approximates the optical phase of ideal spherical aberration correction." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/410,889). 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=8,154,804.PN.&OS=PN/8,154,804&RS=PN/8,154,804 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,155,097) developed by Kin K. Leung, Edison, N.J., and Jack Harriman Winters, Middletown, N.J., for a "system and method for estimating interference in a packet-based wireless network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for predicting future interference power in packet-switched networks is disclosed, allowing improved performance in such networks via optimized link adaptation and power control. In an embodiment for use in a cellular network, Kalman filtering can be used to provide the interference estimation through identification of the number of active co-channel interferers in the cellular networks and correlation of the interference power with the number of active interferers. A two-dimensional Kalman filter can be used to exploit that correlation to enhance prediction accuracy. In an alternative embodiment, a one-dimensional Kalman filter can be used where the number of active interferers is not considered." The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2008 (12/283,520). 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=8,155,097&OS=8,155,097&RS=8,155,097 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pine Valley Investments Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Pine Valley Investments, Las Vegas, has been assigned a patent (8,155,237) developed by Walid Khairy Mohamed Ahmed, Tinton Falls, N.J., for a multi-carrier transmitter. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-carrier transmitter and methods thereof are provided. For example, a multi-carrier transmitter comprises a processor operable to receive a plurality of baseband signals. Each of the plurality of baseband signals correspond to a separate data communication. A modulator is in communication with the processor. A non-linear device is in communication with the modulator. The processor is further operable to combine the plurality of baseband signals to generate a composite baseband signal. The modulator is operable to modulate a carrier signal with the composite baseband signal to generate a multi-carrier signal. The multi-carrier signal is provided to an input of the non-linear device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 7, 2008 (12/027,713). 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=8,155,237&OS=8,155,237&RS=8,155,237 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Automated Equity Finance Markets Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Automated Equity Finance Markets, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,156,023) developed by four co-inventors for an "incentive structure for centralized trading market." The co-inventors are Gregory Wayne DePetris, Guilford, Conn., Martin Rein Hakkar, Northport, N.Y., Thomas Walter Little Jr., Hoboken, N.J., and Sergei Poliakoff, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated marketplace is separated into tiers, with behavioral requirements for each tier. Tier eligibility is a "structural incentive" for market participants to exhibit desirable behavior and eschew undesirable behavior. Tiered eligibility also reflects the natural imbalance of liquidity in the market and the need to preserve the identity of a class of liquidity providers, which further leads to a structure that can preserve the integrity of person-to-person trading relationships even in an automated environment. Within each tier, participant behavior leads to a ranking for that participant. When specific events occur, these events are allocated based on participant ranking. Participant ranking is an "activity incentive" that influences the behavior of market participants. Certain events are defined as desirable or undesirable, and when performed by a market participant, lead to positive incentives or negative incentives, of structural and/or monetary type." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2008 (12/217,456). 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=8,156,023&OS=8,156,023&RS=8,156,023 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Ciena Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Ciena, Linthicum, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,155,148) developed by Steven Arvo Surek, Leonardo, N.J., and Michael Scott Brown, Baltimore, for "telecommunications transport methods and systems for the transparent mapping/demapping of client data signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides telecommunications transport methods and systems for the transparent mapping/demapping of client data signals without the insertion/deletion of idle characters for client data signal rate adaptation. These methods and systems include mapping an incoming client data signal to and demapping an outgoing client data signal from a transport frame comprising: a first segment that is dedicated to client data; a second segment that is dedicated to fixed stuff, wherein the fixed stuff comprises, for example, network management information; a third segment that is dedicated to justification data for supporting a client data signal rate adaptation function; and a fourth segment that is dedicated to justification control information for indicating whether the third segment is used for client data or fixed stuff, wherein the justification control information is redundant for error protection purposes." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2005 (11/236,026). 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=8,155,148&OS=8,155,148&RS=8,155,148 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,155,155) developed by six co-inventors for a "computer readable medium with embedded instructions for providing communication services between a broadband network and an enterprise wireless communication platform within a residential or business environment." The co-inventors are Albert T. Chow, Hillsdale, N.J., Richard Henry Erving, Piscataway, N.J., Jinman Kim, Chatham, N.J., Robert Raymond Miller II, Convent Station, N.J., Jesse E. Russell, Piscataway, N.J., and Wenchu Ying, Cedar Knolls, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention sets forth computer-readable non-transitory medium having computer-executable instructions for providing network-centric service distribution method that integrates a wireless access system/service with conventional telecommunications services in the residence, SOHO, business or public environment through the use of a local broadband network, such as a Residential-Business Broadband Network (RBN). The RBN communicates with the service provider's broadband transport network and broadband packet network to facilitate end-to-end packet telecommunication services. Signals from a plurality of wireless devices are accepted and forwarded to an IEEE 802.11b interface for a wireless modem and/or to an Ethernet interface for a Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP)/Ethernet Processor, where the forwarded signals comprise intranet telephony and data." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,106). 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=8,155,155&OS=8,155,155&RS=8,155,155 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and System for Employing Underutilized Communication Channels as Outbound Gateways ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,155,111) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for employing underutilized communication channels as outbound gateways." The co-inventors are Yihsiu Chen, Middletown, N.J., Mark Jeffrey Foladare, East Brunswick, N.J., Samuel Glazer, New York, Shelley Betty Goldman, East Brunswick, N.J., and Thaddeus Julius Kowalski, Summit, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a method and system for employing underutilized communication channels as outbound gateways. A call from a calling terminal to a called terminal is routed to a first residential gateway at a first customer premises via a broadband data network and then routed from the first residential gateway to the called terminal via a local area network. The call is thereafter re-routed to a second residential gateway at a second customer premises via the broadband network and then routed from the second residential gateway to the called terminal via the local area network. The re-routing of the call via the second residential gateway may be in response to a determination that the first customer premises requires bandwidth (of either the broadband network or local area network) or other resources that are being used by the telephone call being routed via the first residential gateway. The call is thus re-routed via the second residential gateway in order to free up the resources needed by the first customer premises." The patent application was filed on April 8, 2008 (12/082,023). 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=8,155,111&OS=8,155,111&RS=8,155,111 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,155,177) developed by Ayman F. Naguib, Lincroft, N.J., and Arthur R. Calderbank, Princeton, N.J., for an "equalization of transmit diversity space-time coded signals." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In connection with transmitted space-time, trellis encoded, signals that pass through a transmission channel that is characterized by memory, improved performance is realized with a receiver that combines a decoder with an equalizer that selects the trellis transition, s, that minimizes the metric .xi..function..function..times..function..times..function..times..functio- n..times..function. ##EQU00001## where {tilde over (h)}.sub.j(l) is related to both the transmission channel and to the encoding structure in the transmitter, {tilde over (s)}(k) are the (trial) symbols according to a certain transition and s(k) are the symbols that were previously decided." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2008 (12/317,437). 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=8,155,177&OS=8,155,177&RS=8,155,177 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Inferring Network Paths ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,155,126) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for inferring network paths." The co-inventors are Zhuoqing Morley Mao, Ann Arbor, Mich., Lili Qiu, Austin, Texas, Jia Wang, Randolph, N.J., and Yin Zhang, Austin, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed is a method and apparatus for inferring AS paths between two endpoint nodes communicating over a network having a plurality of nodes without having access to the endpoint nodes. The method and apparatus determine routing tables of at least some of the plurality of nodes. A relationship between each node is then inferred from the routing tables. The method and apparatus then determine a path between the two endpoint nodes from the relationship and the routing table determination." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2005 (11/289,944). 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=8,155,126&OS=8,155,126&RS=8,155,126 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Samsung Electronics, New Jersey Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Samsung Electronics, South Korea, and New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,155,229) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a communication system." The co-inventors are Ye-Hoon Lee, Suwon-si, South Korea, Dong-Ho Kim, Seoul, South Korea, Yeheskel Bar-Ness, Newark, N.J., and Jordi Diaz, Cambridge, Mass. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus is provided for transmitting a signal in a communication system. Upon receipt of an information vector, the apparatus includes converting the information vector into a plurality of sub-information vectors; performing coding and modulation on each of the sub-information vectors according to a corresponding mode thereby generating a modulation symbol; interleaving the modulation symbol generated for each of the sub-information vectors; allocating power to the interleaved modulation symbol for each individual mode; and beamforming the modulation symbols power-allocated for each individual mode, and transmitting the beamforming symbols." The patent application was filed on Nov. 22, 2006 (11/603,859). 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=8,155,229&OS=8,155,229&RS=8,155,229 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Alphion Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Alphion, Princeton Junction, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,155,516) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for ensuring continuity of fiber optic." The co-inventors are Edward Sokolowski, Kanata, Canada, Bharat Dave, Howell, N.J., Paul Grabbe, Tinton Falls, N.J., and Murali Sampath, Princeton, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a fiber-optic communications system, a backup or redundant optical link is provided at the central office in parallel with the primary one in use. Parameters associated with the backup link, including its signal delay, its attenuation, etc. are stored at the time of installation. Upon failure of the primary link, switchover can be automatic, and the stored parameters are used to make adjustments necessary for the differences between the primary link and the backup link. In addition, having information on the differences between the two links, the central office is able to send control information downstream which is used at the remote site to control changes that must be made for upstream signals. For example, customer equipment can be signaled to adjust its timing for the next time slot or interface amplifiers can be adjusted to account for the change in attenuation. The central office could be provided with a corrected interface to accommodate the new link and a substantial buffer to account for the change in timing, and switchover to the new timing could be done gracefully." The patent application was filed on May 5, 2009 (12/435,482). 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=8,155,516&OS=8,155,516&RS=8,155,516 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** FastVDO Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- FastVDO, Columbia, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,155,462) developed by Trac D. Tran, Columbia, Md., Lijie Liu, Skillman, N.J., and Pankaj N. Topiwala, Clarksville, Md., for a "system of master reconstruction schemes for pyramid decomposition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A reconstruction system for digital signals processed by the laplacian pyramid including a master lifting-based parameterization reconstruction scheme. The system also involves the design of low-complexity FIR linear-phase integer-coefficient filtering operators for lapacian pyramid decimation and interpolation stages that deliver a minimum mean-squared error reconstruction." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (11/968,030). 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=8,155,462&OS=8,155,462&RS=8,155,462 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Nashua, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,155,045) developed by four co-inventors for "supporting mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) and point to multi-point (PMP) communications among nodes in a wireless network." The co-inventors are Matthew J. Sherman, Succasunna, N.J., Keith Conner, Boonton, N.J., Kevin McNeill, Alexandria, Va., and Timothy McNevin, Reston, Va. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Nodes in a wireless network participate in either point-to-multipoint (PMP) or MANET/mesh communications with other nodes on one or more shared channels of the network. A first or base station node transmits a downlink signal having a time frame structure of determined duration to a number of second or subscriber nodes. Portions of the frame structure establish (i) first time periods during which messages are transmitted from the first node to the second nodes, and (ii) second time periods during which messages are transmitted from the second nodes to the first node, using the PMP protocol on one or more shared channels or subchannels of the network. Other portions of the time frame structure establish third time periods during which nodes communicate with one another using the MANET/mesh protocol on the shared channels or subchannels, while avoiding interference with messages transmitted under the PMP protocol." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2010 (12/881,264). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,155,045&OS=8,155,045&RS=8,155,045 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property I, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,154,998) developed by Mohan Gawande, Cranbury, N.J., and Kamlesh Tewani, Freehold, N.J., for a "method and apparatus for resizing a trunk in a network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for resizing a trunk in a network are disclosed. For example, the method sets one or more target utilization levels for one or more trunks, and gathers trunk load data from one or more switches in the network in accordance with a pre-determined time period. The method evaluates the trunk load data in accordance with one or more trigger points for resizing the one or more trunks, wherein the one or more trigger points is based on the one or more target utilization levels. The method then resizes the one or more trunks if the one or more trigger points are reached or exceeded." The patent application was filed on Aug. 11, 2008 (12/189,519). 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=8,154,998&OS=8,154,998&RS=8,154,998 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Avaya Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Avaya, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,155,021) developed by five co-inventors for a "feature interaction detection during calls with multiple-leg signaling paths." The co-inventors are John Buford, Princeton, N.J., Mario Kolberg, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Venkatesh Krishnaswamy, Holmdel, N.J., Krishna Kishore Dhara, Dayton, N.J., and Xiaotao Wu, Metuchen, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods are disclosed for detecting feature interactions during a call that has a signaling path comprising two or more legs. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, feature state information is maintained for each of the legs of the call and is propagated along the signaling path. The illustrative embodiment is capable of detecting interactions between features in different legs of a call, as well as interactions between features in the same leg of a call. Moreover, the illustrative embodiment is capable of accommodating a variety of feature resolution techniques. In one illustrative embodiment specific to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony, a Back-to-Back User Agent (B2BUA) stores and propagates the feature state information, and performs address mapping for two specially-defined headers in addition to the usual Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) headers." The patent application was filed on Feb. 25, 2009 (12/392,461). 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=8,155,021&OS=8,155,021&RS=8,155,021 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for Method for Uplink Spectrum Monitoring for Sparse Overlay TDMA Systems ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,155,025) developed by Mathilde Benveniste, South Orange, N.J., and Sushil Kumar Prabhu, Ocean, N.J., for a "method for uplink spectrum monitoring for sparse overlay TDMA systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Spectrum monitoring measurements are made by microcell base stations in a layered cellular network, while not serving calls or engaged in processing calls. The microcell base station transmits a first control message from to a microcell mobile station, to increase the duration for the mobile station to reside in the camping state on a control channel of the microcell base station. The microcell base station transmits a second control message from the microcell base station to the microcell mobile station, to increase the duration for the mobile station to reside in a call origination state while attempting to access a control channel of the microcell base station. Then, to perform the spectrum monitoring measurement, the base station's transmitter is turned off, the receiver is retuned to the frequency to be monitored, a signal strength measurement taken on that frequency, the receiver is retuned back to its assigned frequency, and the transmitter is turned back on, all in a short time interval. Because the measurement time is so short, it is possible to take spectrum-monitoring measurements without causing inactive mobiles registered on the measuring base station to reselect control channel. Mobiles initiating a call during a spectrum monitoring measurement by its base station are also delayed in their control channel reselection." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2011 (13/084,300). 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=8,155,025&OS=8,155,025&RS=8,155,025 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,155,295) developed by Marian Croak, Fair Haven, N.J., and Hossein Eslambolchi, Los Altos Hills, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for tracking allocated phone numbers." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for providing a method for determining the status of allocated phone numbers in a VoIP network by providing a tool to automatically determine whether allocated phone numbers are in service, deactivated, or waiting to be allocated phone numbers are disclosed. The present method enables access into service provisioning systems and their associated database regarding move, add, change, and disconnect operations to make this determination." The patent application was filed on Nov. 10, 2005 (11/272,385). 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=8,155,295&OS=8,155,295&RS=8,155,295 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- Verizon Patent and Licensing, Basking Ridge, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,155,282) developed by Atul Thaper, Flemington, N.J., and Joseph E. Berger Jr., Hillsborough, N.J., for a "self-provisioning, notification, retrieval, and submission of visual voice mail." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes receiving from a visual voice mail (VVM) client a request to access VVM services and determining whether VVM services have been previously activated. The method further includes providing a negative response to the VVM client if it is determined that VVM services have not been activated and receiving, from the VVM client, a self-provisioning request to initialize VVM services. The method may also include configuring VVM services based on the self-provisioning request and providing, to the VVM client, an indication that VVM services have been configured. The method may additionally include providing notifications and retrieval of voice mail messages, and submitting voice mail messages from the user device." The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2008 (12/265,953). 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=8155282.PN.&OS=PN/8155282&RS=PN/8155282 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** JPMorgan Chase Bank Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12 -- JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,155,297) developed by four co-inventors for a "system and method for providing call-back options." The co-inventors are Nitin Dhir, Hockessin, Del., Richard H. Hogrogian, Cherry Hill, N.J., Robert Thomas O'Reilly Jr., Nazareth, Pa., and Ravi Kappagantu, Newark, Del. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for providing call-back options is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a call in a call routing system, providing at least one call-back option for a caller to receive a call-back, re-allocating resources in the call routing system based at least in part on the at least one call-back option, and calling the caller based on the at least one call-back option. The caller may specify a specific time, a relative time, or a time range when a call-back is preferred. The caller may also specify one or more telephone numbers in combination with the time preferences. The call-back may be initiated by a voice response unit (VRU) and additional call-back options may be presented to the customer who responds to the call-back." The patent application was filed on April 12, 2004 (10/821,955). 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=8,155,297&OS=8,155,297&RS=8,155,297 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1082035 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |