Patents by Inventor Bruce E. Collins

Bruce E. Collins 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for providing linear erasure codes
    Patent number: 8640009
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing linear erasure codes. In one aspect, a method is provided for encoding a set of data values into a code symbol. The method includes determining an index sequence that defines selected data values to be used to generate the code symbol, and determining a value sequence that defines factors to be multiplied by the selected data values to generate the code symbol. The method also includes generating a packet header that describes the index sequence and the value sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thadi M. Nagaraj, Bruce E. Collins
  • Methods and apparatus for content based notification using hierarchical groups
    Patent number: 8639662
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for content based notification using hierarchical groups. In an aspect, a method is provided that operates to provide an event notification. The method includes maintaining an event description dictionary comprising one or more event descriptors, and associating content with a selected event descriptor. The method also includes compressing the selected event descriptor to generate a compressed event descriptor, and transmitting the compressed event descriptor on a notification channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ravinder Paul Chandhok, An Mei Chen, Bruce E Collins, Gordon Kent Walker, Paul E Jacobs
  • Methods and apparatus for providing linear erasure codes
    Patent number: 7886213
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing linear erasure codes. In one aspect, a method is provided for encoding a set of data values into a code symbol. The method includes determining an index sequence that defines selected data values to be used to generate the code symbol, and determining a value sequence that defines factors to be multiplied by the selected data values to generate the code symbol. The method also includes generating a packet header that describes the index sequence and the value sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thadi M. Nagaraj, Bruce E. Collins