Patents by Inventor C. Philip Gossett

C. Philip Gossett 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: 8254481
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying data that is designated for wireless transmission to a remote computing device. A digital signal that encodes the data for transmission across a band of radio frequency channels is generated. Multiple radio frequency channels in the band that are available are determined. The digital signal is filtered to substantially reduce a power level of the digital signal at frequencies that correspond to channels in the band that have not been determined to be available. The filtered digital signal is converted to an analog signal. The analog signal is provided to an analog transmitter that isolates the band of channels to generate an isolated analog signal and that wirelessly transmits the isolated analog signal over the multiple available channels using one or more antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: E. Daniel McCloskey, C. Philip Gossett
  • Patent number: 8203940
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for adapting data rate in a communication system. A receiving device receives a data transmission at an initial data rate. The device determines, based on an error rate of the data transmission at the initial data rate, that a first criterion is satisfied for requesting an increase in the data transmission. The device requests that a transmitting device increase the data transmission from the initial data rate to the first subsequent data rate. The device determines, based on an error rate of the data transmission at the first subsequent data rate, whether a second criterion is satisfied for maintaining the first subsequent data rate. The device maintains, if the second criterion is determined to be satisfied, a state of the device for receiving the data transmission at the first subsequent data rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan Yuan, Shuyi Chen, C. Philip Gossett, Jeremy Thorpe
  • Patent number: 5267040
    Abstract: A method and a structure are provided to detect phase errors in horizontal synchronization pulses of video signals. A detected phase error is used to provide a phase correction for each horizontal line of the video image. In one embodiment, the phase correction is provided by a digital filter which takes into account systematic and random components of the phase error. In addition, the phase correction also takes into account accumulated round-off errors in the digital filter itself. A random number generator in the digital filter randomizes the correction for accumulated round-off errors. The phase correction is made smaller than the phase error so as to prevent jittering in the resulting picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Inventor: C. Philip Gossett