Patents by Inventor Joseph Anthony Cooley

Joseph Anthony Cooley 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 and apparatus for protecting data
    Patent number: 7032166
    Abstract: In one aspect, a technique is provided for protecting a data set with a parity set defined by a bipartite graph having a degree distribution that includes no parity symbol having a degree less than three. In another aspect, a parity set defined by an irregular bipartite graph is transmitted along with the data set, and corruptions in the data set are decoded using the data set and the parity set. In another aspect, a particularly useful degree distribution for the parity symbols is defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Leslie David Servi, Eushiuan T. Tsung, Joseph Anthony Cooley, Jeremy Mineweaser
  • Method and apparatus for protecting data
    Publication number: 20040107400
    Abstract: In one aspect, a technique is provided for protecting a data set with a parity set defined by a bipartite graph having a degree distribution that includes no parity symbol having a degree less than three. In another aspect, a parity set defined by an irregular bipartite graph is transmitted along with the data set, and corruptions in the data set are decoded using the data set and the parity set. In another aspect, a particularly useful degree distribution for the parity symbols is defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Leslie David Servi, Eushiuan T. Tsung, Joseph Anthony Cooley, Jeremy Mineweaser