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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Jersey (Oct. 20)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. *** Walker Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 19 -- Walker Digital, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,041,453) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for defining and utilizing product location in a vending machine." The co-inventors are Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Conn., Daniel E. Tedesco, Huntington, Conn., Sih Y. Lee, Northvale, N.J., Paul D. Signorelli, New York, and James A. Jorasch, New York. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In accordance with one embodiment, a vending machine comprises a plurality of receptacles for holding units of products, each receptacle operable to hold a respective plurality of units in a series. The vending machine further comprises a dispensing mechanism operable to dispense, from each receptacle, a first unit in the respective plurality of units, the dispensing mechanism thereby being operable to dispense only a first unit from the respective series at a time. The vending machine further comprises a means for determining, for a unit, information allowing a relationship among the unit and a location of the unit in the receptacle to be determined." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2004(10/951,296). 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=8041453.PN.&OS=PN/8041453&RS=PN/8041453 Written by Ankresh Ranjan; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Pushing Content over Wireless Networks ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,041,780) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for dynamically pushing content over wireless networks." The co-inventors are Randeep S. Bhatia, Somerset, N.J., Girija J. Narlikar, Basking Ridge, N.J., Sampath Rangarajan, Bridgewater, N.J., and Ivica Rimac, Tinton Falls, N.J. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The invention includes a method and apparatus for dynamically pushing content over a wireless network A method includes obtaining network-level state information and user-level state information for a user in response to an indication that content is available for the user, determining whether a network-level condition is satisfied using the network-level state information, determining whether a user-level condition is satisfied using the user-level state information, and pushing the available content toward the user terminal of the user using the wireless network in response to the conditions being satisfied. The network-level state information includes cell utilization information for a cellular region associated with the user terminal of the user. The user-level state information includes at least one of a user channel quality, a user terminal power state, a user terminal battery power status, a user terminal memory status, at least one user terminal capability, and user subscription information for the user." The patent application was filed on March 29, 2007 (11/693,354). 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=8,041,780&OS=8,041,780&RS=8,041,780 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Methods and Apparatus for Use in Peer to Peer Communications Devices and/or Systems Relating to Rate Scheduling, Traffic Scheduling, Rate Control, and/or Power Control ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,041,375) developed by five co-inventors for "methods and apparatus for use in peer to peer communications devices and/or systems relating to rate scheduling, traffic scheduling, rate control, and/or power control." The co-inventors are Rajiv Laroia, Far Hills, N.J., Junyi Li, Bedminster, N.J., Thomas Richardson, South Orange, N.J., Xinzhou Wu, Monmouth Junction, N.J., and Aleksandar Jovicic, Urbana, Ill. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus related to peer to peer communication networks are described. Embodiments directed to methods and apparatus for establishing traffic data transmission rates and/or transmission power levels between wireless terminals is described. Embodiments direct to methods and apparatus of making decisions whether or not to transmit as a function of the received power of the received response signals are also described. Transmission of pilot signals after granting of a transmission request and a decision to transmit traffic data has been made occurs in some embodiments. Rate information to be used in determining a traffic rate may be received in response to the pilot signal from a peer to peer (P2P) device." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/930,121). 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=8,041,375&OS=8,041,375&RS=8,041,375 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent for Method of Controlling Congestion for Wireless Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,040,802) developed by Nirwan Ansari, Montville, N.J., Shupeng Li, Piscataway, N.J., and Ashok N. Rudrapatna, Basking Ridge, N.J., for a "method of controlling congestion for wireless communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An exemplary method of controlling communications includes determining a total congestion window size for a router device. An allocation of at least a portion of the determined total congestion window size to allocated at least one mobile station that communicates with the router device over a wireless link is determined based on the determined total congestion window size. The determined allocation is then reported to a source of a communication intended for the at least one mobile station." The patent application was filed on Jan. 14, 2008 (12/013,587). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,40,802.PN.&OS=PN/80,40,802&RS=PN/80,40,802 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,041,359) developed by Eshwar Pittampalli, Randolph, N.J., for a "method for maintaining a communication link in wireless network groups." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for maintaining communication between a dependent and a communications network when the dependent is outside a coverage area associated with its master using a controller and a communications network. In one embodiment, when the dependent is in a piconet, the dependent is within communication range of its master using a communication channel on frequency band f.sub.band(1). When the dependent moves outside the piconet, the dependent should be within communication range of the controller and, thus, switches to another communication channel within frequency band f.sub.band(1) such that it may communicate with the controller. When the dependent moves outside the communication range of the controller, the dependent should be within communication range of a communications network or a base station and, thus, switches to a communication channel within another frequency band f.sub.band(2)." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 1999 (09/365,678). 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=8,041,359&OS=8,041,359&RS=8,041,359 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,041,336) developed by Dennis D. McCrady, Albuquerque, N.M., and Joshua Holden, Ridgewood, N.J., for "methods and apparatus for accurately determining signal time of arrival." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A technique for determining the time of arrival of a signal involves correlating a received signal with a correlation function to produce a stream of correlation samples including a peak sample, pre-peak samples, and post-peak samples. A curve matching table includes sets of values, where each set of values represents discrete points of a correlation function having a peak at a respective different time shift relative to the timing of the peak sample. The sets of values include first sets of values that are matched with a first set of samples having no post-peak samples from the correlation samples, and second sets of values that are matched with a second set of samples having at least one post-peak sample. The time of arrival of the signal is determined from the timing of the peak of the correlation function represented by the set of values that produces the best match." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2009 (12/474,546). 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=8,041,336&OS=8,041,336&RS=8,041,336 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Locating Position of a Mobile Device in an Assisted Satellite Positioning System ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,041,370) developed by Scott Pomerantz, Wyckoff, N.J., and Charles Abraham, Los Gatos, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for locating position of a mobile device in an assisted satellite positioning system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for locating position of a mobile device in an assisted satellite positioning system is described. In one example, satellite measurement data is obtained from a plurality of satellites at a mobile device. Position of the mobile device is computed using the satellite measurement data. The position is sent to a cellular device via a wireless ad hoc network. In one example, the wireless ad hoc network comprises a BLUETOOTH communication link. In one example, the mobile device is configured to receive assistance data from a position server through the wireless ad hoc network. For example, the mobile device may comprise a housing configured to plug into a cigarette lighter connector of an automobile and the cellular device may comprise a cellular telephone without location-determination capabilities (i.e., the cellular telephone does not include an integrated GPS receiver)." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/707,384). 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=8,041,370&OS=8,041,370&RS=8,041,370 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cadent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Cadent, Or Yehuda, Israel, has been assigned a patent (8,041,439) developed by Avi Kopelman, Tenafly, N.J., and Eldad Taub, Reut, Israel, for a "method for manipulating a dental virtual model, method for creating physical entities based on a dental virtual model thus manipulated, and dental models thus created." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A 3D virtual model of an intra oral cavity in which at least a part of a finish line of a preparation is obscured is manipulated in virtual space by means of a computer or the like to create, recreate or reconstruct finish line data and other geometrical corresponding to the obscured part. Trimmed virtual models, and trimmed physical models, can then be created utilizing data thus created. The virtual models and/or the physical models may be used in the design and manufacture of copings or of prostheses." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/654,762). 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=8,041,439&OS=8,041,439&RS=8,041,439 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,040,801) developed by Wei Lin, Warren, N.J., for a "service interface for QoS-driven HPNA networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An out-of-band signaling model media control (MC) terminal for an HPNA network includes a QoS management entity (QME) and an admission control entity (ACE) and provides end-to-end QoS by passing the QoS requirements from higher layer to the lower layers of the HPNA network. The QME receives an end-to-end QoS message characterizing a session for a user application. The ACE performs an admission control decision relating to the session based on the end-to-end QoS message characterizing the QoS stream. A resource control module, when part of the ACE, performs at least one admission control decision relating to the session based on a resource permission, and a policy control module, when part of the ACE, performs at least one admission control decision relating to the session based on a policy permission." The patent application was filed on Dec. 17, 2009 (12/640,828). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,40,801.PN.&OS=PN/80,40,801&RS=PN/80,40,801 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ElectroCore Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- ElectroCore, Morris Plains, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,041,428) developed by Joseph P. Errico, Green Brook, N.J., Bruce Simon, Mountain Lakes, N.J., and Steven Mendez, Brookside, N.J., for an "electrical stimulation treatment of hypotension." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " The present invention includes methods and devices for treating hypotension, such as in cases of shock, including septic shock, anaphylactic shock and hypovolemia. The method includes the step of applying at least one electrical impulse to at least one selected region of a parasympathetic nervous system of the patient. The electrical impulse is sufficient to modulate one or more nerves of the parasympathetic nervous system to increase the ratio of blood pressure to heart rate and relieve the condition and/or extend the patient's life." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2009 (12/612,177). 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=8,041,428&OS=8,041,428&RS=8,041,428 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,041,437) developed by Franco Stellari, Waldwick, N.J., Steven E. Steen, Peekskill, N.Y., and Peilin Song, Lagrangeville, N.Y., for a "system and method for virtual control of laboratory equipment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for virtual control of electronic laboratory equipment includes a local computer system. One or more items of electronic laboratory equipment are connected to the local computer system. Each item of electronic laboratory equipment has a physical control panel including one or more displays or controls. A virtual control panel generation unit generates a virtual control panel accessible from a remote computer system. The virtual control panel is substantially similar to the physical control panel in appearance. A command interpretation unit monitors interaction between the remote user and the virtual control panel and generates electronic laboratory equipment commands for exploiting the functionality of the electronic laboratory equipment." The patent application was filed on April 15, 2008 (12/103,554). 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=8,041,437&OS=8,041,437&RS=8,041,437 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Kulite Semiconductor Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Kulite Semiconductor Products, Leonia, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,040,931) developed by Anthony D. Kurtz, Saddle River, N.J., and Joseph R. VanDeWeert, Maywood, N.J., for a "dual layer color-center patterned light source." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of fabricating a color laser, comprising growing a first thin layer of ionic crystal on a substrate. The crystal can comprise many types of ionic crystals, such as sodium chloride or potassium chloride. A second thin layer of a different type of ionic crystal can be deposited above the first ionic crystal layer, such as lithium fluoride or sodium fluoride. An inert metal layer can be deposited between the first and second layers of ionic crystal and above the second layer of ionic crystal. When the first and second ionic crystal layers are radiated with gamma rays, they form color centers at the spots radiated. Because of the difference in crystalline properties of the two different ionic crystal centers, their color centers have different wavelengths. Each of the ionic crystal layers emit light at different characteristic wavelengths when illuminated at their unique absorption frequencies, and can be made to lase separately." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2011 (13/045,276). 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=8,040,931.PN.&OS=PN/8,040,931&RS=PN/8,040,931 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** New Jersey Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,040,787) developed by Yeheskel Bar-Ness, Marlboro, N.J., and Zoran Latinovic, Marlton, N.J., for a "method and/or system for reduction of PAPR." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and/or systems for reducing peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) may utilize rotation among transmit channels and/or inversion of polyphase sequences of sub-blocks of an orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) sequence in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) scheme." The patent application was filed on Dec. 2, 2005 (11/293,852). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=80,40,787.PN.&OS=PN/80,40,787&RS=PN/80,40,787 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent for Sample Rearrangement for a Communication System with Cyclic Extension ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,040,961) developed by Jinder Wang, San Jose, Calif., and Frank Lane, Asbury, N.J., for a "sample rearrangement for a communication system with cyclic extension." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Signal detectivity is improved by implementation of address adjustment to reorder samples and to discard undesired samples. Such reordering is utilized when the time order of received samples are distorted and/or corrupted, which can occur in at least three situations. If the samples are distorted in time order, the samples are rearranged to allow the samples to return to proper order. The samples, if corrupted, are discarded and replaced with zero samples." The patent application was filed on June 19, 2008 (12/142,772). 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=8,040,961.PN.&OS=PN/8,040,961&RS=PN/8,040,961 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** iBiquity Digital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- iBiquity Digital, Columbia, Md., has been assigned a patent (8,040,989) developed by Michael Nekhamkin, Bridgewater, N.J., Valeriy Lotarevich, Brooklyn, N.Y., and William Schier, Levittown, Pa., for a "system and method for sampling rate adjustment of digital radio receiver." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for adjusting a sampling rate of a digital radio receiver are disclosed that comprise the steps of receiving from a decoder a first frame of data having a first number of samples; determining at the digital radio receiver a phase difference between a receiver clock and a transmitter clock; generating at the digital radio receiver a second frame of data having a second number of samples, wherein the second number of samples depends on the phase difference between the receiver clock and the transmitter clock such that the second number of samples is less than the first number of samples if the transmitter clock is ahead of the receiver clock, and the second number of samples is greater than the first number of samples if the receiver clock is ahead of the transmitter clock; outputting the second frame of data having the second number of samples; and requesting a next frame of data from the decoder at a time that is earlier than a processing time for the first number of samples if the transmitter clock is ahead of the receiver clock and at a time that is later than the processing time for the first number of samples if the receiver clock is ahead of the transmitter clock such that the next frame of data from the decoder and a next transmitter frame are synchronized, and wherein whether the second number of samples is greater than or less than the first number of samples is determined by whether the sampling rate is increased or decreased." The patent application was filed on Jan. 29, 2008 (12/010,731). 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=8,040,989.PN.&OS=PN/8,040,989&RS=PN/8,040,989 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for Policy-based Control of Content Intercept ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,041,022) developed by Flemming S. Andreasen, Marlboro, N.J., and Jonathan D. Rosenberg, Freehold, N.J., for a "policy-based control of content intercept." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a method includes detecting registration of an endpoint associated with a user on a network. The method further includes accessing a policy profile of the user. The policy profile indicates whether data communicated to or from the user is subject to a lawful intercept. The method further includes notifying a lawful intercept server that the user has registered on the network." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2007 (11/715,251). 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=8,041,022&OS=8,041,022&RS=8,041,022 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SpeechCycle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- SpeechCycle, New York, has been assigned a patent (8,041,019) developed by Roberto Pieraccini, Peekskill, N.Y., Zor Gorelov, North Caldwell, N.J., and Alan Pan, Brooklyn, N.Y., for "methods and apparatus for call back disposition and re-evaluation in interactive voice response based customer care." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An interactive voice response (IVR) system which assists in identifying repeat callers, understanding whether they are calling for the same reason as one of their previous calls, and properly disposing of the call. If the repeat caller is calling for the same reason, information from the previous call (or the previous calls) is retrieved and an action based on a defined business logic for repeat callers may then be executed for the current call." The patent application was filed on Jan. 10, 2007 (11/651,822). 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=8,041,019&OS=8,041,019&RS=8,041,019 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Alcatel Lucent Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Alcatel Lucent, Paris, has been assigned a patent (8,041,307) developed by George K. Kannell, Florham Park, N.J., for a "method of controlling wireless communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An exemplary method of controlling wireless communications includes generating a control signal that indicates a desired transmission timing of a plurality of interference signals from a respective plurality of interference devices. The control signal is transmitted to the plurality of interference devices." The patent application was filed on Dec. 28, 2007 (11/966,377). 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=8,041,307&OS=8,041,307&RS=8,041,307 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Atlanta, has been assigned a patent (8,041,038) developed by John Blakeway Lacy, Warren, N.J., Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, Westfield, N.J., and James H. Snyder, North Plainfield, N.J., for a "system and method for decompressing and making publically available received media content." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for compressing media content is disclosed. The apparatus divides the media content into at least three predetermined portions, compresses each of the at least three portions using one of at least three different compression algorithms and makes the at least three compressed predetermined portions publicly available. Making the portions publicly available includes, for example, transmitting the portions over a computer network such as the Internet." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2008 (12/140,735). 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=8,041,038&OS=8,041,038&RS=8,041,038 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,040,896) developed by Han Q. Nguyen, Marlboro, N.J., Tayfun Cataltepe, Fair Haven, N.J., and Samir S. Saad, Long Branch, N.J., for a "service selection in a shared access network using virtual networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention discloses a method and architecture for enabling multiple services or service providers to share the facilities of an access network infrastructure that provides physical connectivity to subscribers." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/313,846). 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=8,040,896.PN.&OS=PN/8,040,896&RS=PN/8,040,896 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** AT&T Intellectual Property II Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing Dynamic Bandwidth on Demand ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- AT&T Intellectual Property II, Reno, Nev., has been assigned a patent (8,040,894) developed by Michael B. Jones, Florham Park, N.J., for a "system and method for providing dynamic bandwidth on demand." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method to adjust dynamically network speed or bandwidth allocation. A network connection is established at some initial speed. The bandwidth usage through the connection is monitored, and when the connection speed becomes congested with data, the connection is dropped and a higher-speed connection is established." The patent application was filed on Sept. 28, 2009 (12/586,750). 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=8,040,894.PN.&OS=PN/8,040,894&RS=PN/8,040,894 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent for System and Method for Providing Emergency Services in a Visited Communications Environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,040,862) developed by Jonathan D. Rosenberg, Freehold, N.J., and Flemming S. Andreasen, Marlboro, N.J., for a "system and method for providing emergency services in a visited communications environment." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for routing in a network environment, is provided that includes an application manager residing in a home network and being operable to interface with an access terminal that makes an emergency call. When the call is placed, a call establishment message is transmitted and is marked as an emergency call, the home network recognizing an identity of a visited network emergency services application server that resides in a visited network. If the access terminal cannot reach the home network at the time the emergency call is made, the access terminal can make the emergency call directly through the visited network emergency services application server. In more particular embodiments, the home network knows the identity through configuration or through dynamic means. Alternatively, the home network knows the identity through a registration mechanism via the access terminal." The patent application was filed on March 6, 2007 (11/715,111). 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=8,040,862.PN.&OS=PN/8,040,862&RS=PN/8,040,862 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. 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. -1065378 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |