Patents by Inventor Paul W. A. Mitchell

Paul W. A. Mitchell 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: 9288682
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio white space utilization. One example can obtain information about a location of a device. The example can access a white space database to obtain radio white space frequencies relative to the location. This example can also perform active scanning of at least some of the radio white space frequencies at the location and not perform active scanning on allocated frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Paul W. Garnett, Paul W. A. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 9042935
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio channel utilization. One example can monitor a location of a mobile device that has both a first type of wireless capabilities and a second type of wireless capabilities. The example can determine a distance from the location of the mobile device to a location of a wireless device. The example can cause data to be transmitted from the mobile device to the wireless device at a power level based upon the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Paul W. Garnett, Trenholme J. Griffin, Amer A. Hassan, Paul W. A. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20150133177
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio channel utilization and more specifically to determining whether individual radio channels are available for use. One example can cause multiple sensing devices in a region to sense radio channels. The example can obtain signal information sensed by the multiple sensing devices in relation to an individual radio channel. The example can collectively analyze the signal information from the multiple sensing devices to determine whether the individual radio channel is being used for a licensed broadcast in the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. GARNETT, Amer A. HASSAN, Paul W.A. MITCHELL, Jeffrey Z. YAN
  • Publication number: 20150098364
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio channel utilization. One example can identify a channel for communicating data. The channel can include a set of sub-channels that span from a lower frequency adjacent channel to a higher frequency adjacent channel. This example can encode the data on the set of sub-channels of the channel in a manner so that an individual sub-channel that is closer to either the lower frequency adjacent channel or the higher frequency adjacent channel than another individual sub-channel has a smaller amplitude than an amplitude of the another individual sub-channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amer A. HASSAN, Paul W.A. MITCHELL, Paul W. GARNETT
  • Publication number: 20150003439
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio channel utilization. One example can channel bond a first available channel from a first radio frequency band with a second available channel from a second radio frequency band. The example can transmit a portion of a forward error correction coded data stream over the first available channel and a different portion of the forward error correction coded data stream over the second available channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Paul W.A. MITCHELL, Amer A. HASSAN, Paul W. GARNETT
  • Publication number: 20150005021
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio channel utilization and more specifically to determining whether individual radio channels are available for use. One example can obtain a signal on a radio channel. The example can identify that the signal is an occurrence of a licensed use when a power level exceeds a threshold. The example can also determine that the signal is not the occurrence of the licensed use when the power level of the signal and a phase of the signal do not match an expected power level and an expected phase of the occurrence of the licensed use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Paul W. GARNETT, Paul W.A. MITCHELL
  • Publication number: 20140378127
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio channel utilization. One example can monitor a location of a mobile device that has both a first type of wireless capabilities and a second type of wireless capabilities. The example can determine a distance from the location of the mobile device to a location of a wireless device. The example can cause data to be transmitted from the mobile device to the wireless device at a power level based upon the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Paul W. GARNETT, Trenholme J. GRIFFIN, Amer A. HASSAN, Paul W.A. MITCHELL
  • Publication number: 20140301242
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio white space utilization and more specifically to discovery of radio white space databases that cover a specific location. One example can communicate a location to a radio white space database. The example can obtain, from the radio white space database, information about another radio white space database that covers the location. The example can supply the location to the another radio white space database. The example can also receive a set of radio white space frequencies and associated constraints for the location from the another radio white space database. The example can further communicate data over individual radio white space frequencies of the set in accordance with the constraints at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Paul W.A. Mitchell, Paul W. Garnett
  • Publication number: 20140274090
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio channel utilization. One example can monitor a location of a mobile device that has cellular capabilities. The example can identify a set of channels that are available to the mobile device at the location. The example can also send the set of channels to the mobile device with a suggestion for the mobile device to utilize one or more of the channels of the set to accomplish data communication rather than using the cellular capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul W.A. Mitchell, Paul W. Garnett, Amer A. Hassan
  • Publication number: 20140274089
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio channel utilization. One example can obtain a set of channels that are available at a location of a device. The example can send the set of available channels to the device. The example can also receive information that the device established a network on an individual channel from the set of available channels. The example can further cause the information about the individual channel to be associated with the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Paul W.A. Mitchell, Paul W. Garnett
  • Publication number: 20140242981
    Abstract: The concepts relate to radio white space utilization. One example can obtain information about a location of a device. The example can access a white space database to obtain radio white space frequencies relative to the location. This example can also perform active scanning of at least some of the radio white space frequencies at the location and not perform active scanning on allocated frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amer A. Hassan, Paul W. Garnett, Paul W. A. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7704069
    Abstract: Injection molding apparatus has upper and lower mold halves that split along the center line of the parison cavity and the gate opening leading thereto. Each hot melt injection nozzle is received within a tubular insert cup having a reduced diameter tip that is seated within the gate opening. The cup is mounted to the lower mold half so as to remain secured thereto as the upper mold half opens and closes the mold. The base end of each nozzle has a swivel ball and socket relationship with the manifold block which supplies it with hot melt, while the tip end of each injection nozzle has a swivel ball and socket type interface with the interior front end of the insert cup, thus providing for dimensional variations in the parts of the tooling that arise during non-uniform thermal expansion and contraction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: R&D Tool & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Jincheng Chen, Brian R. Lefebure, Paul W. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 5454707
    Abstract: The tip of the blow core on a stretch blow molding machine is slightly smaller in diameter than the neck of the preform into which it is inserted such that during both insertion and withdrawal there is no physical contact between the core and the preform. However, when the core tip is in place within the preform and the blow surge commences, a resilient sealing ring around the core tip expands into radial contacting engagement with the preform to seal off what would otherwise be an air escape route. When the air surge terminates, the ring contracts into a dove tail gland around the core tip so as to be substantially flush with the surface of the tip, permitting the core to be withdrawn without contacting the preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: R & D Tool And Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Mitchell, Paul A. Stamper