Patents Assigned to I
  • Modifying restricted images
    Patent number: 7860342
    Abstract: An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that determine a restricted image within a media asset, modify the restricted image to obtain a modified image that includes at least one shared image attribute of the restricted image, and produce a modified media asset that includes the modified image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr.
  • Systems and methods for proactive surge protection
    Patent number: 7860004
    Abstract: A system for protecting a network from a traffic surge includes a data collection module, an allocation module, and a traffic flow module. The data collection module is configured to obtain network utilization information for a plurality of traffic flows. The allocation module is configured to determine a bandwidth allocation to minimize a drop probability for the plurality of traffic flows. The traffic flow module is configured to preferentially drop network packets for a traffic flow exceeding the optimal bandwidth allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Oliver Spatscheck, Subhabrata Sen, Bill Lin, Jerry Chou
  • System for flexible multiple broadcast service delivery over a WDM passive optical network based on RF block-conversion, of RF service bands within wavelength bands
    Patent number: 7860393
    Abstract: A system and method for simultaneous delivery of a plurality of independent blocks of 500 MHz digital broadcast television services, stacking a plurality of RF blocks on a plurality of spectrally sliced WDM optical bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Martin Birk, Patrick P. Iannone, Kenneth C. Reichmann, Nicholas J. Frigo, Cedric F. Lam
  • Methods, systems and storage medium for providing content notification based on user communities
    Patent number: 7860804
    Abstract: A method of notifying consumers of available content in a content distribution system. The method includes determining the existence of a content event related to content. The content event is associated with a community. A consumer who is a member of the community is notified of the content event by sending a notification to the consumer. Access to content related to the content event is provided upon request by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I, L.P.
    Inventor: Kim Littrell
  • Method of retrofitting an engine
    Patent number: 7856714
    Abstract: A method of retrofitting for electrical power generation an internal combustion engine (including a plurality of pistons connected to a common crankshaft) includes applying to at least one and optionally to each piston a power converter operable to convert mechanical energy of the piston to and from electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, William H. Gates, III, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Thomas A Weaver, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
  • Method for preparing a quality control mixture for glycine tablets
    Patent number: 7858377
    Abstract: A method is described for preparing a mixture for quality control of 0.1 g glycine tablets for sublingual application. The mixture for quality control includes a 100:1 ratio of water to porphyrized tablets, each tablet containing 0.101 g microcapsules of non-agglomerated crystals of amino-acetic acid covered with polymeric film of water-soluble methylcellulose, each tablet further comprising 0.001 g magnesium stearate. The process of dissolution takes 20 minutes and is carried out at a temperature of 37° C. in an apparatus using a paddle rotation speed of 150 revolutions per minute. After the mixture is dissolved, it is allowed to stand for 10 minutes, then a light transmission coefficient is measured at 700±2 nm for a 10 mm thick layer of the mixture. A transmission value within the range of 50% to 70% compared to purified water corresponds to the proper quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Nekommercheskoe Uchrezhdenie “Nauchno-Issledovateljskiyj Institut Citokhimii I Molekulyarnoyj Farmakologii”
    Inventors: Irina Alekseevna Komissarova, Tatyana Dmitrievna Soldatenkova, Yulia Vasilievna Gudkova, Tatyana Tikhonovna Kondrashova, Natalia Mikhaylovna Burbenskaya
  • PMMA binding peptides and methods of use
    Patent number: 7858581
    Abstract: Combinatorially generated peptides are provided that have binding affinity for polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). The peptides may be used to deliver benefit agents to various PMMA surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott D. Cunningham, David J. Lowe, John P. O'Brien, Hong Wang, Antoinette E. Wilkins
  • Layer 2 network rule-based non-intrusive testing verification methodology
    Patent number: 7860023
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that that analyze Layer 2 network performance and identify problems without having to disrupt customer service. Embodiments employ a two-phase approach to identify network problems. For an ingress switch, embodiments monitor frame relay Management Information Base (MIB) port and channel objects. A trouble ticket with various test results may be issued and a network work center notified with recommendations that include switch checking, network checking, Layer 1 access testing and network connectivity testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Zhenzhen Wang, Paritosh Bajpay, Jackson Liu, Teh-Hsin Wu
  • Plasmon tomography
    Patent number: 7859676
    Abstract: Plasmon energy is produced by exciting a plasmon resonance at least one excitation position on a first surface of a first material, and the plasmon energy is detected at at least one measurement position on the first surface after the plasmon energy has propagated from the at least one excitation position to the at least one measurement position. An attenuation of plasmon energy is determined along a plurality of paths between the at least one excitation position and the at least one measurement position, and relative distances between the first surface and a second surface of a second material are determined at a plurality of points on at least one of the surfaces based on the determined attenuation of plasmon energy along the plurality of paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventor: Roderick A. Hyde
  • Method of combing a nucleic acid
    Patent number: 7858305
    Abstract: Elongated molecules are stretched across a substrate by controlled fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Product comprising ionomer and plasticizer
    Patent number: 7858681
    Abstract: A product comprises or is produced from a substrate and optionally a thermal insulation wherein the substrate comprises or is produced from polyvinyl chloride and a liquid plasticizer; the substrate, the insulation material, or both is coated, laminated, coextruded, or applied with a barrier layer comprising an ionomer; and the substrate is in close proximity to the insulation material. Also disclosed is a process that can be used to prevent liquid plasticizer from migrating out of polyvinyl chloride product wherein the product is optionally in close proximity to a thermal insulation; the process comprises coating, laminating, coextruding, or applying a barrier layer disclosed above onto the surface, or a portion thereof, of the product or onto the insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kevin Patrick McAllister, Elizabeth R. Griffin
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for inventory reconciliation
    Patent number: 7860221
    Abstract: Network asset recovery includes querying assets on a communications network to obtain a current inventory of the assets on the communications network and obtaining inventory data for the communications network from an inventory management database. The current inventory is compared with the inventory data from the inventory management database to identify a plurality of non-utilized assets. Asset type need data is obtained from a demand database and at least one of the non-utilized assets is identified for recovery based on the obtained asset type need data. The assets may be intelligent network elements and the communications network may be a telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy K. Adkinson, Carl E. Moering
  • Lumen-traveling device
    Patent number: 7857767
    Abstract: Lumen-traveling devices and associated methods and systems are described. Lumen-traveling devices capable of traveling within a body lumen may include a propelling mechanism to produce movement of the lumen-traveling device within the lumen, as well as additional components such as a sensor, an active portion, and/or control circuitry. In some embodiments, a sensor may be used to detect a local condition, and an action may be performed within the body lumen. Actions that may be performed include, but are not limited to, transmitting information, releasing a material within the lumen, performing a surgical step, or collecting a sample, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, W. Daniel Hillis, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K. Y. Jung, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
  • System and method for analyzing data traffic
    Patent number: 7861004
    Abstract: A method of analyzing data traffic includes receiving a request at a data analysis system to store a string related to header information associated with a data packet. The method also includes applying a hash function to the string, thereby obtaining a 32-bit intermediate, and applying another hash function to the 32-bit intermediate, thereby obtaining a hash number. Further, the method includes storing the string in an array position corresponding to the hash number, when the array position is empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: Mikkel Thorup
  • Method and system for providing fuel in a nuclear reactor
    Patent number: 7860207
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide automated nuclear fission reactors and methods for their operation. Exemplary embodiments and aspects include, without limitation, re-use of nuclear fission fuel, alternate fuels and fuel geometries, modular fuel cores, fast fluid cooling, variable burn-up, programmable nuclear thermostats, fast flux irradiation, temperature-driven surface area/volume ratio neutron absorption, low coolant temperature cores, refueling, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Apparatus for arbitrary peptide synthesis
    Patent number: 7858342
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, computer programs and computing devices related to biologically assembling and/or synthesizing peptides and/or proteins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K. Y. Jung, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: D629759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: I-Pex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Hara
  • Communication tablet
    Patent number: D629771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: John Haspil, Susan S. Steele, David Mornhineway, Jerry O'Leary, Larry B. Pearson, Tyler Wallis
  • Portion of a computer monitor with a computer icon
    Patent number: D629810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Ein's I&S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun Young Lee
  • Portion of a computer monitor with a computer icon
    Patent number: D629811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Ein's I&S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun Young Lee