Patents by Inventor John Halton

John Halton 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: 6697346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices (26, 27) for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (1) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data from at least one first communication device (27) to a second communication device (26). A partition point is determined, which defines a number of contention based random access slots and a number of reservation based random access slots in the random access time window on the basis of statistical information generated in at least one first communication device (27). The random access time window (1) is partitioned in a first and a second section on the basis of said partition point, whereby the first section contains contention based random access slots and the second section contains reservation based random access slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Sony International (Europe) GmbH
    Inventors: John Halton, Paul James
  • Patent number: 6621803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Sony International (Europe) GmbH
    Inventors: John Halton, Paul James
  • Patent number: 6574212
    Abstract: The present invention proposes communication devices (1, 6) and a method for transmitting and receiving random access bursts in a random access channel of a digital telecommunication system. Thereby, a random access burst comprising a preamble part for acquiring a part of said random access channel and at least one message part for transmitting data in said acquired part of the random access channel is generated, whereby the number of message parts depends on an amount of data to be transmitted in the message parts. In case that two or more message parts are generated, each preceding message part comprises a continuation indicator indicating a succeeding message part. After transmission of such a random access burst, the continuation indicator is detected and a further part of the random access channel is reserved for the succeeding message part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Sony International (Europe) GmbH
    Inventors: Jens-Uwe Jürgensen, Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Paul James, Stefan Kornprobst, John Halton
  • Publication number: 20030095528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: JOHN HALTON, PAUL JAMES
  • Patent number: RE42452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: John Halton, Paul James
  • Patent number: RE43323
    Abstract: The present invention proposes communication devices (1, 6) and a method for transmitting and receiving random access bursts in a random access channel of a digital telecommunication system. Thereby, a random access burst comprising a preamble part for acquiring a part of said random access channel and at least one message part for transmitting data in said acquired part of the random access channel is generated, whereby the number of message parts depends on an amount of data to be transmitted in the message parts. In case that two or more message parts are generated, each preceding message part comprises a continuation indicator indicating a succeeding message part. After transmission of such a random access burst, the continuation indicator is detected and a further part of the random access channel is reserved for the succeeding message part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Jens-Uwe Jürgensen, Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Paul James, Stefan Kornprobst, John Halton
  • Patent number: RE43669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: John Halton, Paul James
  • Patent number: RE44809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: John Halton, Paul James