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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (June 10)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** HRL Laboratories Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- HRL Laboratories, Malibu, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,956,818) developed by Tsung-Yuan Hsu, Westlake Village, Calif., and James H. Schaffner, Chatsworth, Calif., for a "leaky coaxial cable with high radiation efficiency." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An leaky coaxial cable antenna with high radiation efficiency and low insertion loss is described. The outer shield of the coaxial cable is constructed to facilitate energy transfer between the bifilar mode and the monofilar mode by constructing the outer conductor of a first conductive strip wrapped in a spiral about the dielectric and a plurality of second conductive strips wrapped in a counter spiral about the first but spaced serially along the length of the coaxial cable such that portions of the cable are wrapped by a single spiral and the other portions are wrapped by two spirals." The patent application was filed on Sept. 17, 2008 (12/211,983). 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=79,56,818.PN.&OS=PN/79,56,818&RS=PN/79,56,818 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,956,849) developed by four co-inventors for a "video manager for portable multifunction device." The co-inventors are Freddy Allen Anzures, San Francisco, Greg Christie, San Jose, Calif., Scott Forstall, Mountain View, Calif., and Charles J. Pisula, San Jose, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A video player for a portable multifunction device is disclosed. In some embodiments, a list of video items is displayed in a portrait orientation of a touch screen display of a portable electronic device. Upon user selection of a respective video item in the list, the user selected video item is automatically displayed in a landscape orientation of the touch screen display." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2007 (11/850,008). 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=7,956,849.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,849&RS=PN/7,956,849 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Video Chapter Access and License Renewal ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,956,848) developed by Imran A. Chaudhri, San Francisco, for a "video chapter access and license renewal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, systems, and programs products for license renewal and content chapter access. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface to renew a content license, where the license identifies the content and a first period of time during which the content can be accessed. In another aspect, a method includes receiving a gesture input incident on a touch-sensitive surface. In response to the gesture input, a number of chapter indicators for content are presented, each chapter indicator including a thumbnail image and associated with a an offset in the content. In response to a second gesture input, the content from the selected chapter indicator's respective offset is played." The patent application was filed on Sept. 4, 2007 (11/849,966). 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=7,956,848.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,848&RS=PN/7,956,848 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Virtual Iris Studios Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Virtual Iris Studios, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (7,956,872) developed by Gary Kramer, Los Angeles, and Adam Rubin, Miami Beach, Fla., for a "system for delivering and enabling interactivity with images." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, including apparatuses, software and methods, is disclosed for capturing and delivering images as to which various interactive functions are enabled for a user. The images introduced to the system can come from any one of a variety of sources, including from a digital camera. A graphical user interface permits a user to customize a set of interactive functions to be enabled for a given set of images. The interactively enabled images can be delivered via a webpage to a user, for example, via email, the Internet or downloaded from a disk or from disk drive on a computer on which the webpage is stored. Each image is delivered to a user in its own layer of software, which permits complex sets of images of relatively high resolution to be delivered to users without any appreciable delay associated with the delivery or the need for the user to have additional software, such as a plug-in to receive images and enable interactive functions with respect to the images. Whenever an interactive function is being carried out, a viewer perceives only one image layer at a given time, but the currently viewable image layer can be changed rapidly, so that the user can perceive the illusion of motion, including virtual rotation of an object depicted in a set of images." The patent application was filed on July 12, 2010 (12/834,844). 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=7,956,872.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,872&RS=PN/7,956,872 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** JLB Ventures Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- JLB Ventures, Washington, has been assigned a patent (7,956,865) developed by Yakov Kamen, Cupertino, Calif., for a "method and system for modification of EPG object attributes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for identifying prior selection of specific display information on an EPG. In one embodiment, a user selects an object on a screen, and upon selection of the object, an attribute of the object (e.g., color, transparency, etc.) is modified. The modified value is saved into memory so the user may later identify that the specific object was selected. Each subsequent selection will modify the attribute further, allowing the user to identity that the object was selected a number of times. In one embodiment, the attribute will continue to be modified until a specific expiration limit has been reached." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2001 (09/909,630). 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=7,956,865.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,865&RS=PN/7,956,865 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Gestures for Controlling, Manipulating, and Editing of Media Files using Touch Sensitive Devices ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,956,847) developed by Greg Christie, Cupertino, Calif., for "gestures for controlling, manipulating, and editing of media files using touch sensitive devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, and software for implementing gestures with touch sensitive devices (such as a touch sensitive display) for managing and editing media files on a computing device or system. Specifically, gestural inputs of a human hand over a touch/proximity sensitive device can be used to control, edit, and manipulate files, such as media files including without limitation graphical files, photo files and video files." The patent application was filed on June 13, 2007 (11/818,342). 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=7,956,847.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,847&RS=PN/7,956,847 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory, San Mateo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,956,868) developed by Jared Wayne Takeo Clock, Los Altos, Calif., for a "gamut map model with improved gradation fidelity at low chroma values." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved gamut map model (GMM) useful in conjunction with Windows Color System (WCS). The method uses the WCS Minimum Color Difference (MinCD) GMM to handle gamut mapping for the Saturation rendering intent at low input chroma values. For input values to the gamut map model profile (GMMP), if the chroma value C falls within a predetermined chroma value range, the MinCD GMM will be applied, otherwise the Hue Mapping GMM is applied. The predetermined chroma value range can be determined by experimentation. The range is 0.ltoreq.C.ltoreq.10 in a preferred embodiment. This method will improve the gradation fidelity of the rendered images and reduce or prevent major hue shifts at low chroma values. The method may be implemented as a plug-in utility for a computer." The patent application was filed on Sept. 26, 2007 (11/862,128). 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=7,956,868.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,868&RS=PN/7,956,868 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Light Modulator having Pixel Memory Decoupled from Pixel Display ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,956,857) developed by Thomas E. Willis, Redwood City, Calif., for a "light modulator having pixel memory decoupled from pixel display." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A light modulator such as an SLM, in which the pixel data array is decoupled from the pixel display array. The pixel data array can be located externally, permitting significant reduction in the circuitry present under each pixel of the display, in turn permitting significant reduction in display pixel size and independent scaling of memory cell size and display cell size." The patent application was filed on Oct. 30, 2007 (11/978,777). 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=7,956,857.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,857&RS=PN/7,956,857 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Portable Electronic Device with Content-dependent Touch Sensitivity ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,956,846) developed by six co-inventors for a "portable electronic device with content-dependent touch sensitivity." The co-inventors are Bas Ording, San Francisco, Scott Forstall, Mountain View, Calif., Greg Christie, San Jose, Calif., Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, and Scott Herz, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable electronic device, having a touch-sensitive display, displays a plurality of icons on the touch-sensitive display. A contact region when a user makes contact with the touch-sensitive display is detected. Whether the contact region corresponds to one of the plurality of icons is determined in accordance with an electrostatic model." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2007 (11/620,027). 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=7,956,846.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,846&RS=PN/7,956,846 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Parade Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Parade Technologies, Grand Cayman, Ky., has assigned a patent (7,956,856) developed by Qing Yu, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Ding Lu, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "method and apparatus of generating or reconstructing display streams in video interface systems." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for reading data from a link buffer for output to a display device. A link buffer read period is determined which balances a write throughput over a source video frame time and a read throughput over a display frame time. A threshold is determined indicating a required number of pixels stored in a link buffer prior to starting to read data out of the link buffer for a next line display. A read signal is issued when the link buffer read period ends and the threshold is reached." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2007 (11/675,510). 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=7,956,856.PN.&OS=PN/7,956,856&RS=PN/7,956,856 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (7,956,806) developed by Zhang Liu, Rowland Heights, Calif., and Gregory A. Shreve, San Pedro, Calif., for "tracking arrangement for a communications system on a mobile platform." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are provided for orienting an antenna in a communications system on a mobile platform to orient a peak of the antenna pattern in a direction associated with a signal source. A signal from a signal source is received at the antenna. A signal strength is measured from the received signal. A signal strength and a misalignment of the antenna along at least one axis are predicted according to a previous estimate of the signal strength, a previous estimate of the misalignment of the antenna, an estimated change in the signal strength, and a known change in the antenna orientation. The predicted signal strength and misalignment of the antenna are updated according to the measured signal strength to provide an estimate of a current misalignment of the antenna. The orientation of the peak of the antenna pattern is adjusted according to the estimated current misalignment of the antenna." The patent application was filed on June 15, 2009 (12/484,604). 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=79,56,806.PN.&OS=PN/79,56,806&RS=PN/79,56,806 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** QUALCOMM Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- QUALCOMM, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,956,805) developed by Rayman Wai Pon, Cupertino, Calif., for a "system and/or method for obtaining a time reference for a received SPS signal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for obtaining time references for signals received from transmitters in a satellite and/or terrestrial navigation system." The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,955). 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=79,56,805.PN.&OS=PN/79,56,805&RS=PN/79,56,805 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** LSI Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- LSI, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,956,790) developed by Erik Chmelar, Midland, Mich., Choshu Ito, San Mateo, Calif., and William Loh, Fremont, Calif., for "systems and methods for synchronous, retimed analog to digital conversion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for analog to digital conversion. For example, a retimed analog to digital converter is disclosed that includes a first set of sub-level interleaves and a second set of sub-level interleaves. The first set of sub-level interleaves includes a first sub-level interleave with a first set of comparators synchronized to a first clock phase, and a second sub-level interleave with a second set of comparators synchronized to a second clock phase. The second set of sub-level interleaves includes a third sub-level interleave with a third set of comparators synchronized to a third clock phase, and a fourth sub-level interleave with a fourth set of comparators synchronized to a fourth clock phase. A global interleave selects one of the first set of comparators based at least in part on an output from the second set of sub-level interleaves, and one of the third set of comparators based at least in part on an output from the first set of sub-level interleaves. In some instances of the aforementioned embodiments, an output of the first sub-level interleave and an output of the second sub-level interleave are synchronized to the third clock phase, and an output of the third sub-level interleave and an output of the fourth sub-level interleave are synchronized to the first clock phase." The patent application was filed on June 6, 2008 (12/669,481). 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=79,56,790.PN.&OS=PN/79,56,790&RS=PN/79,56,790 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,025) developed by Peter Johnston, San Mateo, Calif., for "systems and methods for processing pixel data for a printer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for processing pixel data is presented that includes an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming module coupled to a data control module that comprises a plurality of memory units, wherein each of the memory units stores a corresponding portion of pixel data of an image. The data control module writes out portions of pixel data stored in corresponding memory units to the image forming module and dynamically associates each memory unit with a further portion of pixel data after its corresponding portion of pixel data has been written out." The patent application was filed on June 30, 2006 (11/479,596). 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=79,57,025&OS=79,57,025&RS=79,57,025 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** SanDisk Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- SanDisk, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,197) developed by five co-inventors for a "nonvolatile memory with a current sense amplifier having a precharge circuit and a transfer gate coupled to a sense node." The co-inventors are Hao Thai Nguyen, San Jose, Calif., Man Lung Mui, Santa Clara, Calif., Seungpil Lee, San Ramon, Calif., Fanglin Zhang, Fremont, Calif., and Chi-Ming Wang, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Sensing circuits for sensing a conduction current of a memory cell among a group of non-volatile memory cells being sensed in parallel and providing the result of the sensing to a data bus are presented. A precharge circuit is coupled to a node for charging the node to an initial voltage. An intermediate circuit is also coupled to the node and connectable to the memory cell, by which current from the precharge circuit can be supplied to the memory cell. The circuit also includes a comparator circuit to perform a determination of the conduction current by a rate of discharge at the node; a data latch coupled to the comparator circuit to hold the result of this determination; and a transfer gate coupled to the data latch to supply a latched result to the data bus independently of the node. This arrangement improves sensing performance and can help to eliminate noise on the analog sensing path during sensing and reduce switching current." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2008 (12/128,535). 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=7,957,197.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,197&RS=PN/7,957,197 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sandisk Assigned Patent for Dynamic and Adaptive Optimization of Read Compare Levels Based on Memory Cell Threshold Voltage Distribution ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sandisk, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,187) developed by Nima Mokhlesi, Los Gatos, Calif., and Henry Chin, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "dynamic and adaptive optimization of read compare levels based on memory cell threshold voltage distribution." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A process is performed periodically or in response to an error in order to dynamically and adaptively optimize read compare levels based on memory cell threshold voltage distribution. One embodiment of the process includes determining threshold voltage distribution data for a population of non-volatile storage elements, smoothing the threshold voltage distribution data using a weighting function to create an interim set of data, determining a derivative of the interim set of data, and identifying and storing negative to positive zero crossings of the derivative as read compare points." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2008 (12/338,850). 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=7,957,187.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,187&RS=PN/7,957,187 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sandisk Assigned Patent for Non-volatile Memory and Method with Power-saving Read and Program-verify Operations ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sandisk, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,185) developed by Yan Li, Milpitas, Calif., Seungpil Lee, San Ramon, Calif., and Siu Lung Chan, San Jose, Calif., for a "non-volatile memory and method with power-saving read and program-verify operations." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A non-volatile memory device capable of reading and writing a large number of memory cells with multiple read/write circuits in parallel has features to reduce power consumption during read, and program/verify operations. A read or program verify operation includes one or more sensing cycles relative to one or more demarcation threshold voltages to determine a memory state. In one aspect, selective memory cells among the group being sensed in parallel have their conduction currents turned off when they are determined to be in a state not relevant to the current sensing cycle. In another aspect, a power-consuming period is minimized by preemptively starting any operations that would prolong the period. In a program/verify operation cells not to be programmed have their bit lines charged up in the program phase. Power is saved when a set of these bit lines avoids re-charging at every passing of a program phase." The patent application was filed on Sept. 22, 2006 (11/534,297). 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=7,957,185.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,185&RS=PN/7,957,185 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Spansion Assigned Patent for Flash Memory Programming Power Reduction ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,204) developed by five co-inventors for a "flash memory programming power reduction." The co-inventors are Yonggang Wu, Santa Clara, Calif., Guowei Wang, Cupertino, Calif., Nian Yang, Mountain View, Calif., Sachit Chandra, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Aaron Lee, Mountain View, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A non-volatile memory device includes an array of non-volatile memory cells. When programming the memory cells, a voltage supply source is used that includes multiple independent charge pumps. The independent charge pumps supply the programming voltage to different ones of bit lines in the array of memory cells. Using multiple charge pumps tends to reduce output voltage fluctuations and thereby reduce power loss." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2005 (11/229,667). 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=7,957,204.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,204&RS=PN/7,957,204 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Verifying an Erase Threshold in a Memory Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (7,957,198) developed by Aaron Yip, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "verifying an erase threshold in a memory device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one or more embodiments, a memory device is disclosed as having an erase verify operation that includes a negative bias on the p-well in which the memory cell or cells being erased are formed. After an erase pulse is applied to the selected cells to be erased, the p-well is biased with the negative voltage and the erase verify operation is performed to determine the erased state of the cell(s)." The patent application was filed on April 19, 2010 (12/762,640). 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=7,957,198.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,198&RS=PN/7,957,198 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MagIC Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- MagIC Technologies, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,183) developed by Hsu Kai Yang, Pleasanton, Calif., for a "single bit line SMT MRAM array architecture and the programming method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An SMT MRAM device includes a plurality of SMT MRAM cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. Single bit lines connect the columns of the SMT MRAM cells for receiving an in-phase data signal. Source lines connect pairs of rows of the SMT MRAM cells for receiving an out-of-phase data signal. Out-of-phase switching devices are connected to the source lines for selectively transferring the out-of-phase signal to the at least one source lines. Column select transistors are connected to the single bit lines for transferring an in-phase data signal to a selected column of the SMT MRAM cells. A precharge circuit selectively charges or discharges the single bit lines. Ground switching devices selectively connect to the source lines to a ground reference voltage source. A method for programming a selected SMT MRAM cell within a provided SMT MRAM device is described." The patent application was filed on May 4, 2009 (12/387,537). 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=7,957,183.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,183&RS=PN/7,957,183 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lattice Semiconductor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Lattice Semiconductor, Hillsboro, Ore., has been assigned a patent (7,957,208) developed by five co-inventors for a "flexible memory architectures for programmable logic devices." The co-inventors are Howard Tang, San Jose, Calif., Fabiano Fontana, San Jose, Calif., David L. Rutledge, Hillsboro, Ore., Om P. Agrawal, Los Altos, Calif., and Henry Law, Los Altos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, a programmable logic device includes a plurality of logic blocks; a plurality of input/output blocks; volatile configuration memory adapted to store configuration data for configuration of the logic blocks and input/output blocks; embedded block RAM adapted to store user data; flash memory having at least a first partition and a second partition; and a data port adapted to provide external device access to the first partition of the non-volatile memory. The flash memory is adapted to store within the first partition user data from the data port and is further adapted to store within the second partition user data from the embedded block RAM." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2009 (12/389,149). 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=7,957,208.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,208&RS=PN/7,957,208 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Micron Technology Assigned Patent for Method of Programming Memory Cells of Series Strings of Memory Cells ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (7,957,196) developed by Vishal Sarin, Cupertino, Calif., Jung-Sheng Hoei, Newark, Calif., and Frankie F. Roohparvar, Monte Sereno, Calif., for a "method of programming memory cells of series strings of memory cells." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method of programming memory cells of series strings of memory cells include programming a target memory cell of a series string of memory cells after programming each memory cell of the string located between the target memory cell and a first end of the string, and verifying the programming of the target memory cell by applying a bias at a second end of the string opposite the first end and sensing a voltage developed at the first end in response to the bias." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2010 (12/829,885). 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=7,957,196.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,196&RS=PN/7,957,196 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Grandis Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Grandis, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,179) developed by Yunfei Ding, Milpitas, Calif., and Zhanjie Li, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "magnetic shielding in magnetic multilayer structures." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques and device designs associated with devices having magnetically shielded magnetic or magnetoresistive tunnel junctions (MTJs) and spin valves that are configured to operate based on spin-transfer torque switching." The patent application was filed on June 27, 2007 (11/769,645). 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=7,957,179.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,179&RS=PN/7,957,179 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Altera Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Altera, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,177) developed by Srinivas Perisetty, Santa Clara, Calif., for a "static random-access memory with boosted voltages." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Dual port memory elements and memory array circuitry that utilizes elevated and non-elevated power supply voltages for performing reliable reading and writing operations are provided. The memory array circuitry may contain circuitry to switch a power supply line of a column of memory elements in the array to an appropriate power supply voltage during reading and writing operations. Each memory element may contain circuitry to select between power supply voltages during reading and writing operations. During reading operations, an elevated voltage may power cross-coupled inverters that store data in the memory elements while a non-elevated voltage may be used to turn on associated address transistors. During writing operations, the non-elevated voltage may power the cross-coupled inverters while the elevated voltage may be used to turn on the associated address transistors." The patent application was filed on June 5, 2008 (12/134,138). 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=7,957,177.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,177&RS=PN/7,957,177 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,520) developed by Sravan Vadlakonda, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Vijetha Vadlakonda, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "system and method for responding to an emergency at a call center." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for servicing a caller at a contact center includes a plurality of call centers, each including an automatic call distributor (ACD), and an emergency response system that issues an emergency notification signal to the ACD of a call center in response to an emergency condition affecting the call center. In response, the ACD of the call center informs callers of the emergency condition, and then performs a bulk transfer of each of the active calls from the call center to one or more other call centers. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b)." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2005 (11/181,101). 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=7,957,520&OS=7,957,520&RS=7,957,520 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sony Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (7,957,528) developed by Ryuichi Iwamura, Lakeside, Calif. for a "near field registration of home system audio-video device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A near field communication (NFC) sticker which stores a key is attached to a new client device. A remote commander in a home network reads the key using a NFC interface and IR-transmits it to a home network server. Once the client is connected to the network, it encrypts its own device information with the key and sends the encrypted information to the server, which decrypts the data with the key sent from the remote commander. In this way, client device registration is executed easily and securely." The patent application was filed on Aug. 21, 2007 (11/842,408). 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=7,957,528&OS=7,957,528&RS=7,957,528 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Transmission Link Adaptation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,486) developed by Paul Petrus, Santa Clara, Calif., Stephen D. Fleischer, Mountain View, Calif., and Sundar G. Sankaran, San Jose, Calif., for a transmission link adaptation. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus are described for transmission link adaptation. In one embodiment of the invention, data is obtained regarding a quality of a transmitted signal. Data is obtained regarding available power for transmission. A transmission mode is selected based at least in part on the quality of the transmitted signal and on the available power for transmission." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2002 (10/262,422). 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=7,957,486&OS=7,957,486&RS=7,957,486 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Electronic Device Thermal Management ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,131) developed by four co-inventors for an "electronic device thermal management." The co-inventors are Rajiv K. Mongia, Fremont, Calif., Mark MacDonald, Beaverton, Ore., Eduardo Hernandez-Pacheco, Beaverton, Ore., and Jered H. Wikander, Portland, Ore. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic device comprises a housing, at least one heat generating component in the housing, and at least one thermal management device in thermal communication with the at least one heat generating component, wherein the at least one thermal management device selectively allocates heat flow to one or more portions of the housing. Other embodiments may be described." The patent application was filed on Dec. 23, 2009 (12/655,147). 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=7,957,131.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,131&RS=PN/7,957,131 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,172) developed by Paul Penzes, Newport Beach, Calif., for a "system for retaining state data of an integrated circuit." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to one embodiment, a system for retaining M bits of state data of an integrated circuit during power down includes M serially coupled scan flip flops divided into M/N groups, where the M scan flip flops are able to save/restore the M bits of state data. Each group contains a merged scan flip flop coupled to a series of scan flip flops. The merged scan flip flop in each of the groups is coupled to a respective read port of a memory unit, and a final scan flip flop in each of the groups is coupled to a respective write port of the memory unit. The system enables the memory unit to save the M bits of state data in N clock cycles. Each merged scan flip flop has a read select input that enables restoring of the state data into the M scan flip flops in N clock cycles." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2007 (11/821,437). 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=7,957,172.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,172&RS=PN/7,957,172 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Paltalk Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Paltalk Holdings, New York, has been assigned a patent (7,957,514) developed by Shankar Sahai, Fremont, Calif., for a "system, method and computer program product for conveying presence information via voice mail." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conveying availability information of a calling party to a called party. A PBX serving the telephones of the calling and called parties is connected to a presence server. In an embodiment of the invention, the presence server is also connected to a computer and/or other information device (such as a personal data assistant or telephone) of the calling party. After the calling party has left a voice mail message for the called party, the called party will subsequently retrieve the message. In an embodiment of the invention, the PBX then queries the presence server as to the availability of the calling party. The presence server senses whether the calling party has indicated his or her presence; if so, it is inferred that the calling party is probably present and available for a return call. If the presence server detects no such indication by the calling party, it is inferred that the calling party is likely to be absent. The presence server responds to the query of the PBX by indicating the calling party's likely availability (or absence) to the PBX. Based on this information, the PBX modifies the voice mail message to include a statement that the calling party is either available or unavailable." The patent application was filed on Dec. 18, 2000 (09/737,583). 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=7,957,514&OS=7,957,514&RS=7,957,514 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Sony Assigned Patent for Adaptive Area of Influence Filter for Moving Object Boundaries ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (7,957,466) developed by Marco Paniconi, Campbell, Calif., James J. Carrig, San Jose, Calif., and Zhourong Miao, San Jose, Calif., for an "adaptive area of influence filter for moving object boundaries." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of performing adaptive temporal prediction includes receiving a target image, wherein a position of an object in the target image is different from a position of the object in a reference image, using a boundary of the object to generate an irregular pattern of target image motion vectors, using the target image motion vectors to partition the target image into area of influence cells, wherein each area of influence cell contains a unique one of the target image motion vectors, and generating a prediction of the target image by applying an adaptive area of influence filter to the area of influence cells." The patent application was filed on Sept. 16, 2005 (11/228,610). 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=7,957,466&OS=7,957,466&RS=7,957,466 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Yahoo! Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,142) developed by four co-inventors for a "cold row encapsulation for server farm cooling system." The co-inventors are Scott Noteboom, San Jose, Calif., Albert Dell Robison, Placerville, Calif., Jesus Suarez, Fremont, Calif., and Norman Holt, Oakley, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow server fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves using multiple cold row encapsulation structures to cool the servers installed on the racks." The patent application was filed on Dec. 11, 2009 (12/635,966). 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=7,957,142.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,142&RS=PN/7,957,142 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Spectrum San Diego Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Spectrum San Diego, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (7,957,506) developed by Steven Winn Smith, Poway, Calif., for an automobile scanning system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A dual energy x-ray imaging system searches a moving automobile for concealed objects. Dual energy operation is achieved by operating an x-ray source at a constant potential of 100 KV to 150 KV, and alternately switching between two beam filters. The first filter is an atomic element having a high k-edge energy, such as platinum, gold, mercury, thallium, lead, bismuth, and thorium, thereby providing a low-energy spectrum. The second filter provides a high-energy spectrum through beam hardening. The low and high energy beams passing through the automobile are received by an x-ray detector. These detected signals are processed by a digital computer to create a steel suppressed image through logarithmic subtraction. The intensity of the x-ray beam is adjusted as the reciprocal of the measured automobile speed, thereby achieving a consistent radiation level regardless of the automobile motion. Accordingly, this invention provides images of organic objects concealed within moving automobiles without the detritus effects of overlying steel and automobile movement." The patent application was filed on March 26, 2010 (12/732,234). 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=7,957,506&OS=7,957,506&RS=7,957,506 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,133) developed by Christopher E. Zieman, Felton, Calif., and Todd Mason, Livermore, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for providing thermal management in an electronic device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic system includes a chassis, an air flow distribution assembly having a first set of baffles disposed within an intake volume of the chassis and a second set of baffles disposed in proximity to an air outlet of the chassis. The first set of baffles is configured to turn the flow of an air stream approximately 90 degrees, relative to an inlet flow direction of the air stream, toward circuit boards disposed within the chassis. The second set of baffles is configured as a flow splitter that receives the air stream from the circuit boards and partitions the air stream into separate portions prior to the air stream exiting via the air outlet. The use of both the first and second set of baffles redirects and distributes the air stream, flowing into the air inlet, in a substantially even manner across the circuit board component mounting surfaces of the circuit boards disposed within the system." The patent application was filed on May 29, 2008 (12/129,246). 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=7,957,133.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,133&RS=PN/7,957,133 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** California Inventor Develops Patent for Multiple Virtual Local Area Network Databases in a Switch with a Relational Lookup Engine ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- James Madison Kelley, Saratoga, Calif. has developed a patent (7,957,384) for a "multiple virtual local area network databases in a switch with a relational lookup engine." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for transferring data through a network switch. The network switch comprises a plurality of ports each having at least one port identifier and associating with at least one virtual local area network (VLAN) database, and a relational lookup engine storing a plurality of relations between at least one media access control (MAC) address and the at least one port identifier. At least one port receives a frame of data comprising a destination MAC (DMAC) address and the relational lookup engine uses the DMAC address to retrieve an associated port identifier that identifies a port to which the frame is forwarded. A source MAC (SMAC) address of the frame is used to produce an input relation for the relational lookup engine to identify the associated port identifier that identifies the port that received the frame of data for learning associations between the ports and MAC addresses." The patent application was filed on March 10, 2009 (12/401,253). 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=7,957,384&OS=7,957,384&RS=7,957,384 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Anritsu Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Anritsu, Morgan Hill, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,462) developed by Ramzi Aboujaoude, San Jose, Calif., and Kyle Brian Stickle, San Jose, Calif., for an "integrated compact eye pattern analyzer for next generation networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable hand-held battery powered eye pattern analyzer is provided that can analyze signal quality of a high speed digital communication network. The system is 10 times smaller in volume and 4 times lighter than the bench-top equivalent instruments. The system includes a housing containing a display, keypad, power supply, battery pack, and RF sampler board along with connections for electrical inputs, optical inputs, clock signal inputs, and clock recovery signal inputs. The sampler circuit board can support connections, such as a USB plug for attachment to a personal computer. The RF sampler board contains the following elements: (1) A dual sampler for two-channel electrical inputs. (2) An Optical-to-Electrical O/E conversion module. (3) A clock recovery unit (CRU) module to recover the clock from the electrical or optical pulse pattern signal. (4) A trigger circuit that accepts an input clock and uses that clock to trigger the sampling of the data signal. (5) A PRBS generator that could be used as stimulus for testing high speed devices, and (6) A controller such as an FPGA that processes the sampled signals and provides statistical analysis along with eye patterns to a display as controlled using the keyboard." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2007 (11/963,233). 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=7,957,462&OS=7,957,462&RS=7,957,462 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** On-Q Telecom Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- On-Q Telecom Systems, Cheyenne, Wyo., has been assigned a patent (7,957,521) developed by James A. Taylor, Fullerton, Calif., Oren Tal, Tel-Aviv, Israel, and Reuven Tal, Tel-Aviv, Israel, for a "method and system for user prioritization within telecommunication services and in particular within call completion services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for hierarchical prioritization and execution of call completion services are provided. When a caller applies for a call completion service, the caller is identified and assigned a priority from among different priorities such as high priority or regular priority. Thereafter, attempts to execute call completion services are performed hierarchically by launching call completion services for callers having a higher priority before similar attempts are performed for callers of a lower priority. Hence, call completion services are handled according to the priority assigned to the callers rather than the order in which each caller applied for a call completion service." The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2006 (11/563,389). 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=7,957,521&OS=7,957,521&RS=7,957,521 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Hon Hai Precision Ind. Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Hon Hai Precision Ind., New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (7,957,159) developed by Jerry Wu, Irvine, Calif., for an "electronic module with seamless anti-EMI device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic module (10) includes a housing having outer surface, a metal gasket (5) attached to the housing and covering the outer surface. The gasket (5) has a set of first detents (53) and a set of second detents (52). The set of first detents (53) are spaced apart from each other and the set of second detents (52) substantially cover seams between the set of the first detents (53)." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2007 (11/999,403). 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=7,957,159.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,159&RS=PN/7,957,159 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** NTT DoCoMo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- NTT DoCoMo, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (7,957,525) developed by Craig B. Gentry, Mountain View, Calif., for "encryption and signature schemes using message mappings to reduce the message size." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to some embodiments of the invention, a message is processed before encryption so that the encryption method generates a short ciphertext. The message processing can be viewed as a mapping (610) that maps the message into another message that generates the short ciphertext. The mapping is reversible at least if the (possibly encoded) message (H(M)) is in a restricted set, e.g. a set [0,h''] of short messages. In some embodiments of the present invention, short signatures are provided by mapping the signature into a short signature. The mapping (810) is reversible at least if the original message (H(M)) used to generate the signature is short. Signcryption, aggregate signature, and ring signature outputs are also shortened." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2004 (10/543,464). 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=7,957,525&OS=7,957,525&RS=7,957,525 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Winbond Electronics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Winbond Electronics, Hsinchu, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (7,957,522) developed by Peter J. Holzmann, San Jose, Calif., for a "programmable plain old telephone line impedance matching circuits." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Programmable plain old telephone line impedance matching circuits that provide an accurate, integrated programmable termination and source impedance for a telephone line interface circuit (SLIC). The accurate matching of this programmable termination and source impedance with the termination impedance of the 2 Wire connection eliminates signal reflections on this connection and therefore removes the echo, which echo can lead to reduced signal quality in packetized VOIP systems. The programmable integrated impedance matching circuits of this invention use a programmable time continuous amplifier preferably in combination with a double sampling programmable switched capacitor feedback stage (sampling twice per clock cycle by sampling on the positive and negative phases of a non-overlapping clock cycle). Use of a switched capacitor circuit to synthesize a resistance allows the realization of the relatively long time constants needed, generally, thereby allowing the realization of the present invention programmable impedance matching circuit as an integrated circuit without external discrete resistors or capacitors." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2006 (11/599,681). 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=7,957,522&OS=7,957,522&RS=7,957,522 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Oracle America Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Oracle America, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,472) developed by Hung Jen (Henry) Wu, Cupertino, Calif., and Yolin Lih, San Jose, Calif., for an "enhanced signaling sensitivity using multiple references." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A receiver circuit uses two or more comparators to detect the received data signal. Each comparator is set to compare the data signal to a different reference signal. The output signals of the comparators are received into a detector circuit, which provides a third output signal that establishes the logic state of the received signal based on whether or not the output signals of the comparators are equal. Depending on the logic state of the data signal, one of the comparators provides its output signal sooner than the other. Each comparator may be implemented by a differential amplifier. In one embodiment, the reference signals are threshold voltages which may be provided by the tripping voltages at the trip points for the logic HIGH and LOW states." The patent application was filed on May 7, 2007 (11/745,370). 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=7,957,472&OS=7,957,472&RS=7,957,472 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Marvell International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Marvell International, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (7,957,491) developed by Runsheng He, Sunnyvale, Calif., for "digital technique of compensating mismatches between in phase and quadrature channels." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for filtering include accessing first and second signals produced from an input signal and producing first and second filtered outputs, which correspond to the first and second signals, based on a filtering characteristic. The filtering characteristic can include a first filtering coefficient weighting the first and second signals. The filtering characteristic can include a second filtering coefficient weighting third and fourth signals, the third and fourth signals being produced prior to the first and second signals. The first and second filtering coefficients can include matrices which have non-symmetrical terms." The patent application was filed on Nov. 4, 2009 (12/612,556). 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=7,957,491&OS=7,957,491&RS=7,957,491 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Marvell International Assigned Patent for Spurious Component Reduction ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Marvell International, Hamilton, Bermuda, has been assigned a patent (7,957,487) developed by King Chun Tsai, San Jose, Calif., for a spurious component reduction. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus, systems, and methods implementing techniques for reducing spurious components are described. According to one aspect, a wideband polyphase filter filters an input signal that has an associated first frequency. The wideband polyphase filter has poles corresponding to a first filter frequency and a second filter frequency, where the two filter frequencies are different. According to another aspect, a mixer mixes the filtered signal with a local-oscillator signal at a second frequency to produce an upconverted signal, where the second frequency is substantially an integer multiple of the first frequency." The patent application was filed on Oct. 19, 2009 (12/581,451). 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=7,957,487&OS=7,957,487&RS=7,957,487 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Medconx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Medconx, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,155) developed by Harold B. Kent, Portola Valley, Calif., and Steven T. Kent, Portola Valley, Calif., for a "system for attaching a substantially three-dimensional structure to a substantially two-dimensional structure." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for transporting a fluid, gas, semi-solid, cryogen, or particulate matter, or combination thereof, between a three-dimensional structure and a substantially two-dimensional structure is disclosed. A system and method for electrically coupling a three-dimensional structure to a substantially two dimensional structure is also disclosed." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2006 (11/377,818). 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=7,957,155.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,155&RS=PN/7,957,155 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Air Mover for Device Surface Cooling ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,140) developed by Rajiv Mongia, Fremont, Calif., for an "air mover for device surface cooling." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments disclosed herein include an apparatus that includes an component capable of generating heat, an external wall with an interior surface, an air mover to be positioned to generate airflow between the interior surface of the external wall and the component. A vent may then be formed within the external wall to provide for a volume of air for the air mover to create airflow between the interior surface and the component. In some embodiments, the vent may be positioned in relation to the air mover to deflect at least a portion of the heat from the component from reaching the external wall. In some embodiments, a louvered portion may be included; and may be formed on the air mover or at the vent in the external wall. Other embodiments are described." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2007 (11/967,679). 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=7,957,140.PN.&OS=PN/7,957,140&RS=PN/7,957,140 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (7,957,511) developed by Antoni Drudis, Cupertino, Calif., and Paul A. Serra, Nashua, N.H., for a "providing network se 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. -1050599 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |