Patents Assigned to HEADWATER PARTNERS II LLC
  • Patent number: 10356199
    Abstract: A content distribution system generates a queue of content for a user account, including content available from a network content server and content that has been preloaded from the network content server to a home content reservoir. A wireless end-user device can request streaming of queue content from either location. At least for content streamed to the wireless end-user device directly from the network content server, the media quality of the streamed content is dependent on a current network type to which the wireless end-user device is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Jose Tellado
  • Patent number: 9808200
    Abstract: A medical device is used to image a body cavity using a plurality of axially and angularly spaced imaging sensors. Each imaging sensor generates an image that is distinct from one another due to distinct fields of vision. Each image includes an overlapping zone with commonalties that are used to extrapolate a greater calibrated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventor: Gregory G. Raleigh
  • Patent number: 9669236
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for targeting diseased tissue with a radiation beam. Functional models can be used to accurately obtain a location of specific tissue using sensors at identifiable locations of the patient's body. Using the relative distances between the identifiable sensor locations can allow a patient to be in various positions. The functional models can be prepared using accurate pre-treatment scans, which can be taken at various body positions (e.g., rotations and/or translations). The trajectory of the beam can be measured efficiently and accurately using beam sensors attached to a beam assembly, where a model maps the beam sensor locations to a trajectory of the beam. Further, a motion model can use measurements made during treatment to obtain a time-dependent functions of the movement of the specific tissue, the change of an optimal beam trajectory over time, or the change in input commands to a beam positioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Alireza Raissinia
  • Patent number: 9503510
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems and apparatuses for distributing content over a communication network based on a value metric, are disclosed. One method includes managing, by at least one content distribution server, a plurality of content. The method further includes assisting preloading of at least a portion of a content to a storage element as directed by a service provider, wherein the content is selected from the plurality of content based on a value metric, wherein the value metric includes a cost parameter, and wherein the storage element is coupled to the at least one content distribution server over the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Jose Tellado
  • Patent number: 9364687
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for configuring a radiation treatment system based on a plurality of volume of interest (VOI) positioning. One system includes an imaging element configured to generate a first observation of an object, the first observation being generated at a first time, wherein the object is associated with a volume of interest (VOI), and the VOI includes a volume within a body of a patient. The system further includes determining a first positioning of the VOI based at least in part on the first observation of the object, determining a second time for the imaging element based at least in part on a positioning parameter associated with the first positioning, and a time offset, and generating a second observation of the object at the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Raleigh, Jose Tellado, Alireza Raissinia
  • Patent number: 9338233
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems and apparatuses for distributing content by generating and preloading queues of content, are disclosed. One content distribution system includes at least one network content server coupled over one or more communication networks to a plurality of user devices, and a one or more storage elements associated with the plurality of user devices, wherein each of the plurality of user devices is associated with at least one of the one or more storage elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Jose Tellado
  • Patent number: 9332455
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for scheduling a user equipment transmission mode to assist uplink interference characterization are provided. One method includes a first base station (BS) wirelessly communicating with a first plurality of user equipment (UE), selecting a second BS associated with the first BS, the second BS wirelessly communicating with a second plurality of UE, selecting a UE from the second plurality of UE, scheduling the selected UE to transmit according to a transmission mode during a scheduled transmission, and characterizing, by the first BS, interference of the selected UE at the first BS during the scheduled transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Jose Tellado, Gregory G. Raleigh
  • Patent number: 9283404
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for targeting diseased tissue with a radiation beam. One system includes an imaging element configured to generate a first observation of an object, the first observation generated at a first time, the object associated with a volume of interest (VOI), the VOI comprising a volume within a body of a patient. The system further includes one or more processors configured to determine a first positioning of the VOI based at least in part on the first observation of the object determine a second time for the imaging element based at least in part on a positioning parameter associated with the first positioning of the VOI, and generate a second observation of the object at the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Raleigh, Jose Tellado, Alireza Raissinia
  • Patent number: 9210217
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems and apparatuses for a content broker that offers preloading opportunities, are disclosed. One content broker system includes at least one content distribution server coupled through one or more communications networks to a plurality of user devices and one or more content providers. The at least one content distribution server is operative to obtain at least one of a user device parameter or a user parameter, wherein the user parameter is associated with at least one user associated with one or more of the plurality of user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Jose Tellado
  • Patent number: 9154826
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems and apparatuses for distributing content over a communication network are disclosed. One method includes managing, by at least one content distribution server, a plurality of content, assisting in preloading at least a portion of the content to a storage element associated with a wireless device, identifying a portion of a user interface of the wireless device, and sending configuration information to the wireless device, the configuration information configured to assist the wireless device in placing, in the identified portion of the user interface, a service launch object that launches the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Jose Tellado, Jeffrey Green
  • Patent number: 9094868
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for estimating a user equipment link quality based on a positioning of user equipment are provided. One method includes determining a plurality of link qualities (LQs) of the user equipment (UE) for a plurality of positionings of the UE, wherein at least one of the plurality of positionings includes at least a location or an orientation of the UE, storing information associated with the plurality of LQs for the plurality of positionings, estimating at least one future positioning of the UE, and estimating a future link quality (LQ) of the UE at the at least one future positioning of the UE based on the stored information associated with the plurality of LQs at the plurality of positionings of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Jose Tellado, Gregory G. Raleigh
  • Patent number: 8948842
    Abstract: Methods, and apparatuses are provided that include a first imaging element configured to generate a first observation of a first object, the first observation of the first object being generated at a first time, wherein the first object is associated with a volume of interest (VOI). The system further includes a second imaging element configured to generate a first observation of a second object, wherein the first observation of the second object is generated at a second time, and the second object is associated with the VOI. A first positioning of the VOI is determined based on the first observation of the first object and the first observation of the second object, a third time for the first imaging element is determined based on a positioning parameter associated with the first positioning of the VOI, and a second observation of the first object is generated at the third time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Raleigh, Jose Tellado, Alireza Raissinia
  • Patent number: 8900113
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for targeting diseased tissue with a radiation beam. Functional models can be used to accurately obtain a location of specific tissue using sensors at identifiable locations of the patient's body. Using the relative distances between the identifiable sensor locations can allow a patient to be in various positions. The functional models can be prepared using accurate pre-treatment scans, which can be taken at various body positions (e.g., rotations and/or translations). The trajectory of the beam can be measured efficiently and accurately using beam sensors attached to a beam assembly, where a model maps the beam sensor locations to a trajectory of the beam. Further, a motion model can use measurements made during treatment to obtain a time-dependent functions of the movement of the specific tissue, the change of an optimal beam trajectory over time, or the change in input commands to a beam positioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Raleigh, Alireza Raissinia
  • Patent number: 8868639
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems and apparatuses for a content broker assisting distribution of content, are disclosed. One method includes obtaining, by one or more content distribution servers, at least one of user device parameter information or storage element parameter information of a user device and one or more storage elements associated with the user device, and assisting, by the one or more content distribution servers, at least one content provider in preloading at least a portion of a content onto at least one of the one or more storage elements associated with the user device based on the at least one of the user device parameter information or the storage element parameter information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, Jose Tellado
  • Publication number: 20140243680
    Abstract: A medical device is used to image a body cavity using a plurality of axially and angularly spaced imaging sensors. Each imaging sensor generates an image that is distinct from one another due to distinct fields of vision. Each image includes an overlapping zone with commonalties that are used to extrapolate a greater calibrated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventor: Gregory G. Raleigh
  • Patent number: 8774903
    Abstract: A medical device is used to image a body cavity using a plurality of axially and angularly spaced imaging sensors. Each imaging sensor generates an image that is distinct from one another due to distinct fields of vision. Each image includes an overlapping zone with commonalities that are used to extrapolate a greater calibrated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventor: Gregory G. Raleigh
  • Publication number: 20140105048
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for scheduling a user equipment transmission mode to assist uplink interference characterization are provided. One method includes a first base station (BS) wirelessly communicating with a first plurality of user equipment (UE), selecting a second BS associated with the first BS, the second BS wirelessly communicating with a second plurality of UE, selecting a UE from the second plurality of UE, scheduling the selected UE to transmit according to a transmission mode during a scheduled transmission, and characterizing, by the first BS, interference of the selected UE at the first BS during the scheduled transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Jose Tellado, Gregory G. Raleigh
  • Publication number: 20140105135
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for to assisting backhaul by user equipment are provided. One system includes a base station (BS) and a plurality of backhaul user equipment (bUE) devices. Each of the plurality of bUE devices are operable to communicate with the BS through a first communication technology, and the plurality of bUE devices are each operable to communicate with a data network through a second communication technology. The BS is operative to communicate with user equipment (UE) devices, and network connect the UE devices to the data network through the bUE devices, select bUE devices for backhaul (BH) traffic, aid in selecting a transmission power level of the bUE devices, or the one or more UE devices, and transmit resource block (RB) scheduling information for the BH traffic of the bUE devices and the access traffic of the one or more UE devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Jose Tellado, Gregory G. Raleigh
  • Publication number: 20140105047
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for characterizing interference based on scheduling a transmission mode are provided. One method includes wirelessly communicating, by a base station (BS), with a plurality of user equipment (UE), selecting one or more other base stations (BSs) associated with the BS, scheduling the selected one or more other BSs associated with the BS to transmit according to at least one transmission mode during a scheduled transmission, and characterizing, by at least one of the plurality of UE, interference at the UE during the scheduled transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Jose Tellado, Gregory G. Raleigh
  • Publication number: 20140105046
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for estimating a user equipment link quality based on a positioning of user equipment are provided. One method includes determining a plurality of link qualities (LQs) of the user equipment (UE) for a plurality of positionings of the UE, wherein at least one of the plurality of positionings includes at least a location or an orientation of the UE, storing information associated with the plurality of LQs for the plurality of positionings, estimating at least one future positioning of the UE, and estimating a future link quality (LQ) of the UE at the at least one future positioning of the UE based on the stored information associated with the plurality of LQs at the plurality of positionings of the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Headwater Partners II LLC
    Inventors: Jose Tellado, Gregory G. Raleigh