Patents by Inventor Gerald Britton

Gerald Britton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8094646
    Abstract: Effects of variation in computational latency can be controlled by using a processor to perform computations associated with a signal processing process, each computation related to processing an input sample to generate an output, and allocating a processing cost per computation that is less than a maximum processing cost of the processor for performing any one of the computations and greater than an average processing cost of the processor for performing the computations. The allocated processing cost for a computation is an allocated time period between receipt of the input sample and generation of the output for the computation. A task requiring a processing time greater than the allocated processing cost is handled as a source of jitter in the signal processing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Vanu, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steinheider, Gerald Britton, Victor Lum
  • Publication number: 20100161946
    Abstract: Methods and related systems for controlling jitter effects are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: VANU, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steinheider, Gerald Britton, Victor Lum
  • Patent number: 7697573
    Abstract: Transmitting messages to mobile telephones includes determining a time a standard requires or permits a standard compliant transmission to be received by a user, and scheduling a transmission by a base station to the user in the future based on a distance between the user and a base station such that the transmission will be received by the user at the determined time. The distance between the user and the base station is a distance such that a propagation delay between the user and the base station is larger than a propagation delay accommodated by the standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Vanu, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steinheider, Gerald Britton, Victor Lum
  • Publication number: 20050228854
    Abstract: Methods and related systems for controlling jitter effects are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steinheider, Gerald Britton, Victor Lum