Patents Represented by Attorney Volp and Koenig, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8090392
    Abstract: A method and system for reporting short message (SM) capability over an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) using a session initiation protocol (SIP) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) registers with a core network and sends a message indicating its SM capability via the IMS to the core network. The core network then updates the WTRU capabilities based on the message and routes an SM to the WTRU via the IMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kamel M. Shaheen
  • Patent number: 8082722
    Abstract: The device places filled and sealed collapsible containers. The device has a gripping unit with a number of finger pairs that correspond to the number of containers in a packing state. The gripping unit has a gripping state in which each finger is arranged to make a squeezing motion such that the contents of the container forms an inner counter-pressure structure to provide a well-defined grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Ecolean Research & Development A/S
    Inventor: Per Gustafsson
  • Patent number: 8085065
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed to control one or more input output (I/O) pads. An input signal is translated to an output signal having a desired logic level using a first latch loop. The state of the first latch loop is maintained by a second latch loop, integrated with the first latch loop, when a latching indication is received. The integration between the first latch loop and the second latch loop is such that the second latch loop creates an input-output connection if transmission gates in the second latch loop are conductive, and disables the input-output connection if the transmission gates are not conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Hanzhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 8085729
    Abstract: A reordering buffer of a medium access controller-high speed (MAC-hs) is flushed, in response to a high speed-downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change. A status report is generated of at least one radio link control (RLC) instance mapped to the HS-DSCH. The status report indicates missing HS-DSCH packet data units (PDUs), in response to the HS-DSCH cell change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Ju Chao, Stephen E. Terry
  • Patent number: 8084920
    Abstract: An anti-vibration unit has: an X-axis transducer generating elliptical vibration in drivers; a frame which is a fixing member having a holding portion for holding the X-axis transducer; an X frame having fixed thereto a slide element to which the drivers of the X-axis transducer are pressed and which moves in the X-axis direction with respect to the frame; a Y-axis transducer held by a holding portion provided in the X-frame and generating elliptical vibration in drivers; and a Y frame having fixed thereto a slide element to which the drivers of the Y-axis transducer are pressed and which moves in the Y-axis direction with respect to the X frame. The X-axis transducer and the Y-axis transducer have substantially same resonant frequency, and the slide elements differ in at least one of rigidity and density thereof, thereby providing a drive apparatus down-sized, large in driving force and high in efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventor: Sumio Kawai
  • Patent number: 8085665
    Abstract: To minimize overhead in the allocation of channels, forward and reverse link time slots are automatically assigned in pairs. In particular, rather than requiring a separate process for allocating reverse link channels for the sending of acknowledgment messages in response to receipt of a forward link packet, a different scenario takes place. At the receiving end, such as for valid reception of data on a forward link channel at a central base station site, a reverse link time slot is automatically allocated in a time slot which depends upon the time slot allocation on the forward link. This assists with the rapid return of acknowledgment messages in a reverse link direction which is the predominant direction for such messages in a wireless system wherein most data traffic is Web page oriented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: IPR Licensing, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8086228
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a code group representative of a predetermined number of base stations is disclosed. A chip offset within a frame is input into a first correlator. A plurality of samples of chips at which a primary synchronization code (PSC) has been detected are input into the first correlator. Output of the first correlator is multiplied by the complex conjugate of the PSC to obtain a magnitude for the signals being transmitted at the chips inputted into the first correlator. The magnitude is summed over four frames. The summed signals view of a predetermined set of decision variables is evaluated. A case number, a code group, a timeslot location, and a system frame number are determined based on the evaluation and noise estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Alpaslan Demir, Donald M. Grieco, John W. Haim, Andrew F. Bednarz, Phillip J. Pietraski, Louis J. Guccione, Prabhakar R. Chitrapu
  • Patent number: 8083576
    Abstract: A profiled ridge vent for tile roofs is provided having a vent strip located on each side of a roof ridge. Each vent strip includes a vent material, formed from a non-woven mat, including a first surface, contoured to a profile to match a profile of the tile roof, and a second surface. An upper water barrier is attached to the second surface of at least one of the vent strips and extends over the roof ridge. A water dam is attached to the first surface and extends in an up-slope direction toward the roof ridge. In use, a first vent strip is located on a first side of a roof ridge pole, and a second vent strip is located on a second side of the roof ridge pole. The upper water barriers of the first and second vent strips overlap one another at the ridge pole. Preferably, adhesive is provided on at least one of the upper water barriers so that the two water barriers are connected together. Alternatively, a single water barrier is provided which bridges the ridge pole and joins the first and second vent strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventor: Martin J. Rotter
  • Patent number: 8085733
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for use by a first transceiver, (e.g., wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), access point (AP), node) for adjusting the transmission rate of packets transmitted to a second transceiver based on signals the first transceiver receives from the second transceiver. In one embodiment, a transmission packet error rate (Tx PER) process is used to adjust the packet transmission rate. In another embodiment, a relative signal strength indicator (RSSI)-based process is used to determine the RSSI of packets received at the first transceiver from the second transceiver for adjusting the packet transmission rate. In another embodiment, transmission quality indicators are measured at the second transceiver and are sent to the first transceiver, which derives a new packet transmission rate therefrom. The Tx PER and RSSI-based processes may be used individually, in combination, or in conjunction with other processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent Roy, Christopher Cave
  • Patent number: 8085664
    Abstract: A wireless user equipment (UE) configured to initiate a packet based session includes a reservation setup protocol (RSVP) message generator configured to transmit a RSVP PATH message. The RSVP PATH message includes a direction indication. The direction indicator indicates that reservations should be made for the UE to transmit only, to receive only or to both transmit and receive. The UE also includes an RSVP message receiver configured to receive an RSVP RESV message indicating that reservations have been made as a result of the RSVP PATH message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kamel M Shaheen, Sharif M Shahrier
  • Patent number: 8085728
    Abstract: A high speed-downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change is initialized. A status report is autonomously generated for at least one radio link control (RLC) instance mapped to the HS-DSCH by a user equipment (UE) in response to the initiation of the HS-DSCH cell change. The status report indicates missing HS-DSCH packet data units (PDUs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Ju Chao, Stephen E. Terry
  • Patent number: 8085832
    Abstract: Data is estimated of a plurality of received spread spectrum signals by a wireless communication apparatus. The plurality of received communications are received in a shared spectrum. The received communications are sampled to produce a received vector of sequential samples. The received vector is processed to produce a plurality of segments. Each segment is processed separately to estimate data of the received communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Ariela Zeira
  • Patent number: 8086043
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that augments the traditional Phase Plane Correlation (PPC) approach incorporates image structure into the correlation process. In so doing, the energy in spurious peaks that can occur in the phase plane correlation surface are dramatically reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventor: Gordon F. Wredenhagen
  • Patent number: 8085726
    Abstract: In response to initiation of a high speed-downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change, a reordering buffer of a medium access controller-high speed (MAC-hs) is flushed. A user equipment (UE) for at least one radio link control (RLC) instance mapped to the HS-DSCH generates a status report. The status report indicates missing HS-DSCH packet data units (PDUs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Ju Chao, Stephen E. Terry
  • Patent number: 8080139
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of anhydrous ethanol production using circulation by multiple towers' alternation, the procedure includes the steps of heating, adsorption, internal circulation, vacuum suction, washing and resolving etc. The method can prolong the life of adsorbent, reduce the heat exchanger's surface, cooling water, the equipment investment and energy consumption, provide high ethanol recovery rate and high dehydration, and protect environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Inventors: Yaling Zhong, Yuming Zhong
  • Patent number: 8081236
    Abstract: A camera system is provided, which performs exposure amount control operation in combination with gradation conversion processing for an image signal acquired from a CCD. With such a camera system, a control unit performs control operation so as to perform pre-shooting multiple times with different exposure amounts prior to real shooting. A conversion property calculation unit calculates conversion properties with respect to the image signals acquired in the pre-shooting, which are to be used in the gradation conversion processing. An exposure control unit determines an exposure amount used in the real shooting based upon the image signals acquired in the pre-shooting, the exposure amounts used in the pre-shooting, and the conversion properties. The control unit performs control operation so as to perform the real shooting based upon the determined exposure amount. A gradation conversion unit performs gradation conversion processing on the image signals obtained in the real shooting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Takao Tsuruoka
  • Patent number: 8081658
    Abstract: In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the present invention comprises a method for using the remaining TxOP time by the peer node to forward traffic to a different destination, a method for using the remaining TxOP time by the original node to send traffic to a different destination, a method for using the remaining TxOP time by a neighbor to send traffic to the original node, a method for using the remaining TxOP time by a neighbor to send traffic to another node, a method to signal the reuse rules of the remaining TxOP time, and a method to efficiently relinquish/truncate a TxOP to reset the NAV for the neighborhood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Zuniga, Sudheer A. Grandhi, Marian Rudolf, Joseph S. Levy
  • Patent number: 8080305
    Abstract: A mixture used for production of decalcomania transferable products, the production and application of the transferable products by the utilization of a transfer solvent is provided. The mixture includes 1 to 40 percent by weight of a dispersant and stabilizer for organic materials, soluble in the transfer solvent (z); and at least one of: 3 to 95 percent by weight of a polymer or copolymer printable by a solvent based ink plotter (x), and 1 to 90 percent by weight of an organic raw material which is adhesive if soaked and which is soluble in the transfer solvent (w). The percentages z, x, w selected such that z+x+w?100 and at least 15% of the components are soluble in the transfer solvent. A product transferable by decalcomania; a manufacturing process for the decalcomania product; and a process for its application are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Shock Line S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Biondi, Donato Rondini
  • Patent number: 8081595
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for scheduling transmissions via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) are disclosed. A scheduled power is calculated for scheduled data flows. A remaining transmit power is calculated for the E-DCH transmission. A rate request message is generated, wherein the scheduled power, remaining transmit power and rate request message are used to select transport format combinations (TFCs) and multiplex data scheduled for the E-DCH transmission. The remaining transmit power is calculated by subtracting from a maximum allowed power the power of a dedicated physical data channel (DPDCH), a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH), a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH), an enhanced uplink dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) and a power margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Jung-Lin Pan, Peter S. Wang, Robert A. DiFazio, Stephen E. Terry
  • Patent number: D651140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Artsana USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff G. Greger, Michael L. Longenecker