Patents by Inventor Kevin R. Kinney

Kevin R. Kinney 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: 9262350
    Abstract: One embodiment is an apparatus having a memory, a controller, and a de-interleaving module. The memory is configured to store portions of a set of interleaved values, where the set of interleaved values correspond to a single application of an interleaving mapping to a set of un-interleaved values. The controller is configured to retrieve each portion from an other memory that stores the set of interleaved values by moving the portion from the other memory to the memory. The de-interleaving module is configured to de-interleave the interleaved values in at least one of the portions to generate a de-interleaved portion such that processing downstream of the de-interleaving module can begin processing the de-interleaved portion before all of the interleaved values in the set of interleaved values are de-interleaved by the de-interleaving module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kannan Rajamani, Ramon Sanchez, Kevin R. Kinney
  • Publication number: 20150106577
    Abstract: One embodiment is an apparatus having a memory, a controller, and a de-interleaving module. The memory is configured to store portions of a set of interleaved values, where the set of interleaved values correspond to a single application of an interleaving mapping to a set of un-interleaved values. The controller is configured to retrieve each portion from an other memory that stores the set of interleaved values by moving the portion from the other memory to the memory. The de-interleaving module is configured to de-interleave the interleaved values in at least one of the portions to generate a de-interleaved portion such that processing downstream of the de-interleaving module can begin processing the de-interleaved portion before all of the interleaved values in the set of interleaved values are de-interleaved by the de-interleaving module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: LSI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kannan Rajamani, Ramon Sanchez, Kevin R. Kinney
  • Patent number: 7079486
    Abstract: Adaptive jitter buffer management, e.g., for playout of packetized data transmitted over a network. Playout delay is iteratively adjusted based on changing network traffic characteristics by varying the release threshold in a jitter buffer. The adjustment is carried out by evaluating three quantities: (1) average packet transit time over the network; (2) jitter of the packet transit time; and (3) additional waiting time due to the presence of out-of-sequence packets. This invention reduces negative effects of jitter and/or transmission irregularities, such as late arrival of packets and out-of-sequence packets, while maintaining relatively low playout delay and relatively high quality of service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Raymond Colavito, Liang Jin, Kevin R. Kinney, Rong Wang
  • Publication number: 20030152094
    Abstract: Adaptive jitter buffer management, e.g., for playout of packetized data transmitted over a network. Playout delay is iteratively adjusted based on changing network traffic characteristics by varying the release threshold in a jitter buffer. The adjustment is carried out by evaluating three quantities: (1) average packet transit time over the network; (2) jitter of the packet transit time; and (3) additional waiting time due to the presence of out-of-sequence packets. This invention reduces negative effects of jitter and/or transmission irregularities, such as late arrival of packets and out-of-sequence packets, while maintaining relatively low playout delay and relatively high quality of service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Leonard Raymond Colavito, Liang Jin, Kevin R. Kinney, Rong Wang