Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman
  • Patent number: 8327214
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for performing wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Hooman Shirani-Mehr, Haralabos C. Papadopoulos, Sean A. Ramprashad, Giuseppe Caire
  • Patent number: 8325596
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting radio link (RL) failures between a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a Node-B are disclosed. When signaling radio bearers (SRBs) are supported by high speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), an RL failure is recognized based on detection of improper operation of at least one of an absolute grant channel (AGCH), a relative grant channel (RGCH), a hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) information channel (HICH), an enhanced uplink dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) and an enhanced uplink dedicated physical data channel (E-DPDCH). When SRBs are supported by high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), an RL failure is recognized based on detection of improper operation of at least one of a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH), a high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) and a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen E. Terry
  • Patent number: 8326331
    Abstract: A method of paging to increase standby time of Wireless Terminals used for non-real-time communications via cellular network is disclosed. The method comprises synchronizing a wireless terminal clock to a server internal clock and deriving a paging window and a dormant window for communicating between the server and the wireless terminal using the synchronized time. The method further comprises during the paging window: finding a control channel for a cellular network by the wireless terminal; sending the page from the server to the wireless terminal; and receiving the page from the server at the wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Jasper Wireless, Inc.
    Inventor: Jahangir Mohammed
  • Patent number: 8325635
    Abstract: The present invention is related to methods and systems for reducing or canceling echoes during fax communications. In an embodiment, during a fax call, a first fax signal from a first fax device intended for a second fax device is detected. Based at least in part on detecting the first fax signal from the first fax device or on the termination of the first fax signal, an echo audio packet is muted, wherein the echo audio packet is at least partly the result of the first fax signal being transmitted over a network, the network including at least a data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: j2 Global Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Smith, Alan Erringer
  • Patent number: 8327250
    Abstract: Verifying data integrity and parity consistency of data blocks in an array of mass storage devices includes retrieving a row parity algebraic signature and a diagonal parity algebraic signature for one or more data blocks, a row parity block and a diagonal parity block. The row parity algebraic signatures of the one or more data blocks are logically combined to generate a first result and the first result is compared to the retrieved row parity algebraic signature for the row parity block. The diagonal parity algebraic signatures of the one or more data blocks and the row parity block are logically combined to generate a second result and the second result is compared to the retrieved diagonal parity algebraic signature for the diagonal parity block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.
    Inventor: Atul Goel
  • Patent number: 8326074
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for finite impulse response (FIR) filter bank architecture and method that involve low-complexity computation resources are described. In one embodiment, a digital image processing system includes an index mapping module to determine a rotation angle index to control rotation of an input patch of an image based on the (x,y) pixel coordinates of the image patch. The digital image processing system may also include a rotation module to rotate the input patch of the image based on the rotation angle index. In one embodiment, the digital image processing system may further include a filter engine module applied to a rotated version of the input patch of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guotong Feng, Mohammed Shoaib, Edward L. Schwartz, M. Dirk Robinson
  • Patent number: 8325069
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for a scalable processor architecture for variety of string processing application are described. In one such apparatus, n input first in, first out (FIFO) buffer stores an input stream. A plurality of memory banks store data from the input stream. A re-configurable controller processes the input stream. And an output FIFO buffer stores the processed input stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vinodh Gopal, Gilbert M. Wolrich, Christopher F. Clark, Wadji K. Feghali
  • Patent number: 8321511
    Abstract: A system is disclosed in which a data processing device is completely synchronized with a messaging service. One embodiment of the system comprises a wireless data processing device; a messaging service to maintain messages and other information on behalf of a user; and synchronization logic for maintaining synchronization of the messages and other information between the wireless device and the messaging service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: John Friend, Michael Belshe, Roger Collins, Mike Bennett
  • Patent number: 8318536
    Abstract: A method, comprises drilling a set of one or more microvias in a semiconductor package with an aperture, wherein drilling the set of microvias comprises to use an aperture that has a phase shift region to reduce a spot size of a drilling beam that is used to form the set of microvias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Yonggang Li
  • Patent number: 8321664
    Abstract: Revocation of digital certificates in a public-key infrastructure is disclosed, particularly in the case when a certificate might need to be revoked prior to its expirations. For example, if an employee was terminated or switched roles, his current certificate should no longer be valid. Accordingly, novel methods, components and systems are presented for addressing this problem. A solution set forth herein is based on the construction of grounded dense hash trees. In addition, the grounded dense hash tree approach also provides a time-communication tradeoff compared to the basic chain-based version of NOVOMODO, and this tradeoff yields a direct improvement in computation time in practical situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig B. Gentry, Zulfikar Amin Ramzan
  • Patent number: 8320578
    Abstract: A method or apparatus to provide an improved headset. The headset includes at least one sensor. The headset further includes a configuration logic to configure the headset based on the position of the headset on the user's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Kahn, Arthur Kinsolving, Michael Cory Fairman, Mark Andrew Christensen, Peter William Spaulding
  • Patent number: 8321527
    Abstract: A system and method are described for monitoring user location and activity over a period of time and intelligently scheduling content distributions to the user's mobile device. For example, one embodiment of a system for intelligently scheduling a content distribution to a mobile device comprises: a location database to store a plurality of different locations including event facilities and points of interest, the location database associating each of the different locations with a Global Positioning System (GPS) location or range of GPS locations; a data collection module for collecting user location data over a period of time, user location data specifying a user's mobile device's location throughout the period of time, the data collection module to store the user location data within a database; a predictive scheduler module to analyze the user location data over the period of time and responsively schedule content distributions to the user's mobile device based on the analysis of the user location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Tribal Brands
    Inventors: John Jeffrey Martin, Steve Hales, Joseph Vierra, Eugene Han, Alberto Moriondo
  • Patent number: 8320889
    Abstract: When a communications system initiates a connection, adaptive information can be presented to a user while waiting for that connection to be finalized. The adaptive information that is presented can be selected based on predetermined criteria which can be configured by a user. Moreover, the adaptive information that is presented can be selected based on a characteristic of the connection. For example, adaptive information can be selected which corresponds to the connection endpoint (e.g., the person or place a user is attempting to contact). A system can also delay finalizing a connection in order to present more adaptive information to a user. The delay can last until after all of the adaptive information has been presented or until a unit of adaptive information has been presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Michael M. Lee
  • Patent number: 8320689
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method execute instructions contained in multiple threads in parallel. The image processing apparatus decodes code data that is obtained by dividing image data into areas and carrying out a compression process such that the individual areas can be independently decoded. The image processing apparatus includes a first thread generating unit that allocates one execution thread to each independently compressed code, a second thread generating unit that allocates plural execution threads to each independently compressed code, and a control unit that controls the operation of the first thread generating unit and the second thread generating unit. At least part of an execution instruction for decoding the code data into image data is generated by the first thread generating unit or the second thread generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kodama
  • Patent number: 8321288
    Abstract: An asset management system is described that tracks in real-time any metric that a carrier requires pertaining to media assets within a network. In addition to tracking per-asset information relating to usage and air time, the system tracks information pertaining to individual object types (e.g., document, digital image, audio file, streaming media, or the like) as well as specific objects themselves (e.g., individual documents, photos, and the like, on a per-file or named basis). This information can be tracked against the various users and their individual devices (used to access a network). In this manner, the system can provide metrics relating to not only data size and air time, but also metrics about object types (e.g., digital image type) and specific objects (e.g., specific file transferred) that have passed through the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Syniverse ICX Corporation
    Inventors: John Rodriguez, Patrick Longneker, Shekhar Kirani
  • Patent number: 8321867
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus to increase conformance of a storage implementation of a data set to a storage policy are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes performing a conformance check of a data set state and an associated data management policy. The method includes identifying a set of tasks that can be performed to increase conformance of the data set state to the associated policy, and generating a task list using tasks from the set of tasks. The method further includes outputting an indication of the task list to a user and accepting from the user an approval of the task list before generating and executing a second task list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Holl, II, Peter Smoot, Sahn Lam, Anawat Chanhunthod, Hemanth Pannem
  • Patent number: 8321523
    Abstract: A method of maintaining Network Information Service (NIS) maps where modifying information about any of the network entities described by the NIS maps requires only incremental update of the NIS maps instead of full NIS map regeneration. A further method of detecting when network entity records on a network directory server change so that NIS map updates are necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Centrify Corporation
    Inventors: Craig L. Lawson, Paul Moore
  • Patent number: 8320631
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a movement detection apparatus includes an arithmetic module, an edge-storing filter, a determination module, and a control module. The arithmetic module calculates a difference signal between an input image signal and an image signal of the previous frame. The filter performs smoothing processing for a signal falling within a level range provided as threshold value, among difference signals calculated by the arithmetic module. The determination module determines levels of a movement component and a noise component of the signal output from the filter. The control module controls a level range supplied as threshold value to the filter in accordance with an amplitude level of the noise component overlying the input image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Toshiaki Utsumi, Tetsuo Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8318580
    Abstract: An electrical component includes a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type and a interconnect layer disposed adjacent to a frontside of the semiconductor layer. At least one bond pad is disposed in the interconnect layer and formed adjacent to the frontside of the semiconductor layer. An opening formed from the backside of the semiconductor layer and through the semiconductor layer exposes at least a portion of the bond pad. A first region having a second conductivity type extends from the backside of the semiconductor layer to the frontside of the semiconductor layer and surrounds the opening. The first region can abut a perimeter of the opening or alternatively, a second region having the first conductivity type can be disposed between the first region and a perimeter of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. McCarten, Cristian A. Tivarus
  • Patent number: 8321719
    Abstract: A method for communication via a bidirectional data link between a processing device and a memory device. The memory device includes a clock source to generate a clock signal for driving a latching at the memory device of data to and/or from the bidirectional data link. The memory device provides the clock signal to the processing device for driving a latching at the processing device of data to and/or from the bidirectional data link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Andre Schaefer