Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Robert

Joseph R. Robert 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).

  • Slice-based random access buffer for data interleaving
    Patent number: 9542321
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a system and method for interleaving data utilizing a random access buffer that includes a plurality of independently accessible memory slots. The random access buffer is configured to store slices of incoming data sectors in free memory slots, where a free memory slot is identified by a status flag associated with a logical address of the free memory slot. Meanwhile, a label buffer is configured to store labels associated with the slices of the incoming data sectors in a sequence based upon an interleaving scheme. Media sectors including the interleaved data slices are read out from the memory slots of the random access buffer in order of the sequence of labels stored by the label buffer. As the media sectors are read out of the random access buffer, the corresponding memory slots are freed up for incoming slices of the next super-sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiwei Wu, Zhibin Li, Kurt J. Worrell, Joseph R. Robert, Feina Wen
  • Slice-Based Random Access Buffer for Data Interleaving
    Publication number: 20160034393
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a system and method for interleaving data utilizing a random access buffer that includes a plurality of independently accessible memory slots. The random access buffer is configured to store slices of incoming data sectors in free memory slots, where a free memory slot is identified by a status flag associated with a logical address of the free memory slot. Meanwhile, a label buffer is configured to store labels associated with the slices of the incoming data sectors in a sequence based upon an interleaving scheme. Media sectors including the interleaved data slices are read out from the memory slots of the random access buffer in order of the sequence of labels stored by the label buffer. As the media sectors are read out of the random access buffer, the corresponding memory slots are freed up for incoming slices of the next super-sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiwei Wu, Zhibin Li, Kurt J. Worrell, Joseph R. Robert, Feina Wen
  • Method and system using positions of cellular phones matched to road network for collecting data
    Patent number: 6381533
    Abstract: A data collection system and method match the positions of one or more cellular phones, or other types of wireless phones, to data indicating the locations of roads in a geographic area to derive data about phones located in vehicles traveling along the roads. The data about phones located in vehicles traveling along the roads are used for updating or refining a geographic database, traffic monitoring and reporting, or for other purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Navigation Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron I. Crane, Joseph R. Roberts, Frank J. Kozak