Patents by Inventor Ralph Gholmieh
Ralph Gholmieh 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).
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Patent number: 8607279Abstract: Embodiments enable multimedia broadcast systems to temporarily suspend broadcast of data in an active content flow when insufficient data is available for efficient use of the broadcast bandwidth, while signaling receiver devices so they may deactivate receiver circuits to conserve power while data broadcasts are suspended. Flow content received in the broadcaster during the temporary suspension of data broadcasts may be stored in flow buffers for broadcast at the end of the temporary suspension. An indication of the duration of suspended data broadcasts may be included in the overhead information symbols (OIS) within the broadcast signal. Receiver devices receiving the indication of suspended data broadcasts may deactivate their receiver circuits for the indicated duration. The broadcast suspensions may be coordinated across multiple content flows so that receiver devices can periodically wake up at induced sleep intervals to monitor any data flow of the broadcast system.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Ralph A. Gholmieh
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Patent number: 8582455Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling monitoring operations, such as the monitoring of signal strength, media access control layer overhead information data, application layer overhead information, and/or data in a device, such as a battery powered, mobile, communication device. A user interface status and/or a flow status can be monitored. Based at least in part on the user interface status and/or the flow status, a determination can be made as to when and/or how often monitoring is to be performed.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Adam A. Mudrick, Siddharth Jayaraman, Albert Nguyen, Ralph A. Gholmieh, Binita Gupta, Nagaraju Naik, Susheel K. Gautam, Daphna Zeilingold
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Publication number: 20130159457Abstract: Methods, systems and devices are provided for receiving, at a receiver device, a data block or file containing a plurality of application symbols, determining the number of application symbols received in the block, generating a metric based on the number of application symbols received in the block, and transmitting the metric to a server. The metric may further be generated based on a number of application symbols that were required to recover the block or file. The server may use the metric received from one or more receiver devices to adjust the transmission settings for additional data transmissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventors: Ralph A. GHOLMIEH, Gordon Kent WALKER
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Publication number: 20130060956Abstract: In one example, a device configured to receive a first sub-segment of a segment of multimedia data, the first sub-segment comprising a first set of one or more data units and a first header including data indicative of locations of the data units within the first sub-segment, wherein at least one of the data units refers to a data unit of a second sub-segment of the segment. The device is also configured to, after receiving the first sub-segment, receive the second sub-segment, the second sub-segment comprising a second set of one or more data units and a second header including data indicative of locations of the data units within the second sub-segment. The device is also configured to process at least a portion of the segment after receiving the first sub-segment and the second sub-segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Inventors: Thadi M. NAGARAJ, Ralph A. GHOLMIEH
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Publication number: 20120300688Abstract: Various embodiments provide methods and systems for identifying statistically multiplexed groups of services and coordinating the groups of services for multicast or broadcast over the same transmission channels. Further embodiments provide methods and systems for providing quality of service requirements for groups or subgroups of statistically multiplexed services. Coordination of the groups of services for multicast or broadcast over the same transmission channels may be based on the provided quality of service requirements. Various embodiments may identify groups of services and provide associated of service requirements by sending modified session start messages or separate group messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Ralph A. GHOLMIEH, Nagaraju NAIK
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Publication number: 20120278849Abstract: Receiver devices may receive broadcast content and decode data on multiple carriers in time division mode, and change carriers to receive data from different radio frequencies. Embodiments include methods, systems and devices that enable scheduling content for broadcast by two or more mobile TV broadcasters so that non-exclusive real time content broadcasts in one radio frequency band does not overlap with non-real time content broadcast in another radio frequency band, enabling simultaneous reception of non-real time broadcast by one network and non-exclusive real time content broadcast by another network. Receiver devices may simultaneously receive non-real time content on two or more radio frequency bands and real time content on any of the radio frequency bands.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: Ralph A. GHOLMIEH, Gordon K. WALKER
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Publication number: 20120071084Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for wireless broadcast system provisioning. In such a system, there may be a number of wide broadcast areas. Within each wide broadcast area, there may be a number of local broadcast areas. Wide broadcast area content may be assigned to a wide broadcast area scrambling differentiator. The scrambling differentiator may be assigned to a carrier tag. The association between the wide broadcast area content, wide broadcast area scrambling differentiator, and the carrier tag may be common across neighboring wide broadcast areas. Data may be transmitted in a wide broadcast area control channel to identify the association between the carrier tag and the wide broadcast area scrambling differentiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ralph A. Gholmieh, Binita Gupta
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Publication number: 20110295978Abstract: Methods, systems and devices provide mechanisms and systems for efficiently delivering files over a broadcast system to mobile devices. Files for broadcast may be logically identified as belonging to a directory in a file system. A Broadcast Schedule Message may inform receiver devices of files that will be broadcast at a specified time, as well as describe the files. File may be transmitted in file delivery pipes, which may be of different bandwidth and data rates. Receiver devices configured according to the embodiments may make use of the broadcast schedule message to select files to be received based on the service or application with which the file is associated, and whether the file is new or an update to a previously received file. Receiver devices activate receiver circuitry to capture the files within their advertised broadcast window, and pass the received files to applications or services requesting the files.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: CARLOS M.D. PAZOS, Rohit Sauhta, Qiang Gao, Mangesh K. Ghiware, Thadi M. Nagaraj, Dirceu G. Cavendish, Jalaj Swami, Ralph A. Gholmieh
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Publication number: 20110273998Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling monitoring operations, such as the monitoring of signal strength, media access control layer overhead information data, application layer overhead information, and/or data in a device, such as a battery powered, mobile, communication device. A user interface status and/or a flow status can be monitored. Based at least in part on the user interface status and/or the flow status, a determination can be made as to when and/or how often monitoring is to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: ADAM A. MUDRICK, Siddharth Jayaraman, Albert Nguyen, Ralph A. Gholmieh, Binita Gupta, Nagaraju Naik, Susheel K. Gautam, Daphna Zeilingold
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Publication number: 20110239256Abstract: Embodiments enable multimedia broadcast systems to temporarily suspend broadcast of data in an active content flow when insufficient data is available for efficient use of the broadcast bandwidth, while signaling receiver devices so they may deactivate receiver circuits to conserve power while data broadcasts are suspended. Flow content received in the broadcaster during the temporary suspension of data broadcasts may be stored in flow buffers for broadcast at the end of the temporary suspension. An indication of the duration of suspended data broadcasts may be included in the overhead information symbols (OIS) within the broadcast signal. Receiver devices receiving the indication of suspended data broadcasts may deactivate their receiver circuits for the indicated duration. The broadcast suspensions may be coordinated across multiple content flows so that receiver devices can periodically wake up at induced sleep intervals to monitor any data flow of the broadcast system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: RALPH A. GHOLMIEH
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Publication number: 20110216745Abstract: A system for signaling overhead information in a network includes a receiver configured to receive a radio frequency communication signal comprising at least one superframe, the at least one superframe comprising overhead information that identifies a location of a first data stream carried in the at least one superframe, and a trailer associated with the first data stream, the trailer including at least a portion of the overhead information that identifies the location of the first data stream in a subsequent superframe without the receiver processing the overhead information in the subsequent superframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Fuyun Ling, Krishna K. Mukkavilli, Ralph A. Gholmieh, Bojan Vrcelj
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Publication number: 20110122834Abstract: Methods and systems simplify discovery and handoff for multi-frequency broadcast receiver devices, such as mobile TV devices, by providing a virtual home channel that is not dependent on a single frequency network upper layer. The methods and systems may be used in conjunction with a single frequency network upper layer to support areas without upper layer available, or to off load some portion of the common data bandwidth in the single frequency network. For example, the single frequency network may only carry frequency data for the multiple frequency network or only the frequency data for networks with comprehensive market metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: GORDON KENT WALKER, Binita Gupta, Ralph A. Gholmieh, Prasanna Kannan
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Publication number: 20110085499Abstract: A system for transmitting a data stream, includes a transmitter for broadcasting a radio frequency communication signal comprising at least one superframe having at least a first data stream encoded therein, and overhead information carried in the superframe, the overhead information comprising a control channel, the control channel having control channel information for separating the at least one first data stream from any other data streams encoded in the at least one superframe. A system for receiving data includes a receiver configured to receive a radio frequency communication signal comprising at least one superframe having at least a first data stream encoded therein; and overhead information carried in the superframe, the overhead information comprising a control channel, the control channel having control channel information for separating the at least one first data stream from any other data streams encoded in the at least one superframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: KRISHNA K. MUKKAVILLI, Ralph A. Gholmieh, Durk L. van Veen, Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, Neville J. Meijers, Gordon K. Walker
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Publication number: 20110070820Abstract: Embodiments enable mobile devices to efficiently receive mobile broadcast content corresponding to a user's selections based upon content description metadata transmitted in a content description flow portion of broadcast transmissions. A content description flow may be in the form of broadcast data packets which include information about the nature of content elements to be broadcast. Using the information in the content description flow, a mobile device can determine whether a particular portion of content is of interest, as well as when the content will be broadcast and the content flow address on which it can be received. Enabling mobile devices to screen broadcast content flows by monitoring the content description flow for content of interest can extend their battery life since the content description flow can be quickly downloaded and the receiver de-energized if no content is of interest to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: QIANG GAO, An Mei Chen, Ralph A. Gholmieh
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Publication number: 20110069657Abstract: A system for receiving data comprising a receiver configured to receive a radio frequency communication signal comprising at least one superframe, the at least one superframe having at least a first data stream encoded therein; and overhead information carried in the superframe, the overhead information comprising a control channel, the control channel having control channel information for separating the at least one first data stream from any other data streams encoded in the at least one superframe, where the at least first data stream and any other data streams may be carried on different radio frequency channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ralph A. Gholmieh, Krishna K. Mukkavilli
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Publication number: 20110038350Abstract: Methods and apparatus for RF handoff in a multi-frequency network include selecting an RF channel from wide and local seamless and partially seamless handoff tables. A method includes generating seamless and partially seamless handoff tables RF channels, and selecting an RF channel for a handoff so that RF channels with common wide content are given higher priority over RF channels with common local content.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: RALPH A. GHOLMIEH, Binita Gupta
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Publication number: 20100260266Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for encoding data for transmission on a communication link of a content delivery system includes: receiving data to be communicated to a device, the data received as a multiple data link layer packets of a logical channel carrying broadcast data; encoding the multiple data link layer packets of the logical channel as one outer codeword using an outer code at an outer code rate; encoding symbols of the outer codeword with an inner code; and indicating the outer code and the outer code rate through signaling, including setting a first value for a first field of a control channel and setting a second value for a second field of the control channel, wherein the first value is determined by the outer code, and the second value is determined by the outer code rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: RALPH A. GHOLMIEH, Gordon K. Walker
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Patent number: 7796507Abstract: A communication network node, such as a radio base station or base station controller in a wireless communication network, is configured to monitor and control ingress and egress data congestion. As such, node-based congestion monitoring provides a method of flow control between network nodes and, as such, for example, it may be used to control congestion on backhaul links between radio base stations and base station controllers, and on sidehaul links between base station controllers. In one embodiment, the node monitors egress and ingress data congestion conditions, and marks ingress data incoming to the node to indicate congestion. For example, if ingress data markings indicate ingress data congestion, the node can send signaling to initiate a reduction in the amount of data being sent to the node, e.g., a reduction in ingress data rates. If ingress data markings indicate egress data congestion, the node can reduce egress data rates.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Ralph Gholmieh, Kuo-Chun Lee
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Publication number: 20090262838Abstract: Implementations relate to systems and methods for encoding block data to deliver content to a mobile wireless or other device. Content, such as audio, video or textual content, can be generated for broadcast in source blocks that are decomposed into a set of high priority blocks and a set of low priority blocks. Forward error correction is performed on the set of high priority blocks and set of low priority blocks to generate a set of repair symbols for use in reconstructing aggregate transmission blocks of content. The set of low priority blocks and set of repair symbols for a subsequent period can be shifted or inserted into an aggregate transmission block of a prior period. When a request to change channels is received, the decoding of the high priority block corresponding to the content of the new channel can begin before subsequent aggregate transmission blocks are received.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Ralph Gholmieh, Tao Tian, An Mei Chen
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Patent number: 7519019Abstract: A radio base station performs reverse link rate control in a wireless communication network by “stealing” bits on a forward common power control channel. The forward common power control channel is divided into a plurality of frames, with each frame including a plurality of power control groups and each power control group including a plurality of power control slots. The radio base station may dynamically select power control slots depending on user demand to be used for reverse link rate control.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Young C. Yoon, Srinivasan Balasubramanian, David Reeves Comstock, Long L. Duan, Ralph Gholmieh, Thawatt Gopal, Patrick A. Hosein, Anthony C. K. Soong, Shiau-He Shawn Tsai, Rath Vannithamby, Jonas Wiorek