Patents by Inventor Gerard Hertlein

Gerard Hertlein 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).

  • Method for providing a multicast service within a wireless communications system
    Publication number: 20070097932
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for delivering multicast data to a plurality of mobile devices. The method comprises providing data using a first technique, such as multicast over HS-DSCH, to a first portion of the plurality of mobile devices, and providing data using a second technique, such as multicast over DCH or FACH, to a second portion of the plurality of mobile devices. The type of multicast technique used is based upon a quality of communications, such as the long term block error rate, that exists with respect to each of the mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Malek Shahid, Louis Samuel, Gerard Hertlein