Patents by Inventor James Lansford

James Lansford 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: 11950221
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device that uses a first radio access technology (RAT) may identify a transmission timing scheme for a shared radio frequency spectrum band, the transmission timing scheme comprising a first set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a first RAT and a second set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a second RAT. The wireless device may transmit, during a time interval of the first set of time intervals, a channel reservation signal indicating an end time of the time interval and indicating that the wireless device uses the first RAT. The wireless device may transmit, based at least in part on the transmitted channel reservation signal, over the shared radio frequency spectrum band during at least a portion of the time interval before the end time of the time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Marco Papaleo, Xiao Feng Wang, Shailesh Patil, Maarten Menzo Wentink, James Lansford, Jamshid Khun-Jush
  • Patent number: 11758379
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for automatically populating a safety message, such as a Basic Safety Message (BSM), with a position and combined length of a vehicle and a towed object. Some embodiments include determining a distance from one or more antennas coupled to a receiver in the vehicle to a remote sensor on the towed object by processing short-range wireless signals received from the remote sensor. Some embodiments include populating the safety message with a position of the vehicle and the towed object based on the determined distance from the one or more antennas to the remote sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: James Lansford
  • Publication number: 20220408452
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device that uses a first radio access technology (RAT) may identify a transmission timing scheme for a shared radio frequency spectrum band, the transmission timing scheme comprising a first set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a first RAT and a second set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a second RAT. The wireless device may transmit, during a time interval of the first set of time intervals, a channel reservation signal indicating an end time of the time interval and indicating that the wireless device uses the first RAT. The wireless device may transmit, based at least in part on the transmitted channel reservation signal, over the shared radio frequency spectrum band during at least a portion of the time interval before the end time of the time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Marco Papaleo, Xiao Feng Wang, Shailesh Patil, Maarten Menzo Wentink, James Lansford, Jamshid Khun-Jush
  • Publication number: 20220303743
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for automatically populating a safety message, such as a Basic Safety Message (BSM), with a position and combined length of a vehicle and a towed object. Some embodiments include determining a distance from one or more antennas coupled to a receiver in the vehicle to a remote sensor on the towed object by processing short-range wireless signals received from the remote sensor. Some embodiments include populating the safety message with a position of the vehicle and the towed object based on the determined distance from the one or more antennas to the remote sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: James Lansford
  • Patent number: 11412524
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device that uses a first radio access technology (RAT) may identify a transmission timing scheme for a shared radio frequency spectrum band, the transmission timing scheme comprising a first set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a first RAT and a second set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a second RAT. The wireless device may transmit, during a time interval of the first set of time intervals, a channel reservation signal indicating an end time of the time interval and indicating that the wireless device uses the first RAT. The wireless device may transmit, based at least in part on the transmitted channel reservation signal, over the shared radio frequency spectrum band during at least a portion of the time interval before the end time of the time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Marco Papaleo, Xiao Feng Wang, Shailesh Patil, Maarten Menzo Wentink, James Lansford, Jamshid Khun-Jush
  • Publication number: 20210195658
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for enabling coexistence between intelligent transportation system (ITS) networks and unlicensed wireless local area networks (WLANs). A method that may be performed by an intelligent transportation system (ITS) device, includes transmitting one of a frame or a clear-to-send-to-self (CTS-to-self) message indicating a first time period during which a bandwidth will be in use, wherein the frame or CTS-to-self transmission is based on a first protocol; and transmitting, by the ITS device during the first time period and on the bandwidth, signaling, wherein the signaling is based on a second protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: James LANSFORD
  • Publication number: 20200305173
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device that uses a first radio access technology (RAT) may identify a transmission timing scheme for a shared radio frequency spectrum band, the transmission timing scheme comprising a first set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a first RAT and a second set of time intervals allocated for transmissions using a second RAT. The wireless device may transmit, during a time interval of the first set of time intervals, a channel reservation signal indicating an end time of the time interval and indicating that the wireless device uses the first RAT. The wireless device may transmit, based at least in part on the transmitted channel reservation signal, over the shared radio frequency spectrum band during at least a portion of the time interval before the end time of the time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Papaleo, Xiao Feng Wang, Shailesh Patil, Maarten Menzo Wentink, James Lansford, Jamshid Khun-Jush
  • Publication number: 20050174966
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a scalable architecture for radio device and systems are disclosed. This architecture employs a scalable bandwidth to deliver higher data rates and transmission ranges to devices that need them, while still delivering lower power solutions for devices which utilize a smaller bandwidth. These systems and methods may divide the available frequency spectrum into a set of fundamental sub-bands. Different devices may use various multiples of these sub-bands depending on their needs. Devices employing this architecture are also capable of interoperation with one another regardless of the bandwidth they utilize. A device may scan through each sub-band within which the device intends to operate, searching for a common beacon transmitted by other devices utilizing the sub-band. If a beacon is found the device can choose to interoperate with the other device or, alternatively, continue scanning the sub-bands until an unused sub-band is found.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: James Lansford, Robert Short
  • Patent number: 6163568
    Abstract: An FM/FSK Transceiver for a wireless communications interface is disclosed which employs an offset phase lock loop which is accelerated into phase lock by a sweep signal to avoid data degradation, and which includes a feed forward compensation to accommodate a broadband response from DC to above 10 MHz in the exchange of information between computers, computers and peripheral equipments, and between peripheral equipments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Simtek Corporation
    Inventors: James Lansford, Stephen M. Ernst