Patents by Inventor Kirk Allen Burroughs

Kirk Allen Burroughs 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: 8676233
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses that support multiple positioning protocol versions within wireless communication networks are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method includes determining, at a first device, a first set of versions of a positioning protocol supported by the first device. An indication signal is transmitted from the first device to a second device. The indication signal includes a set of position determination data messages (PDDMs). Each particular PPDM of the set of PDDMs has a corresponding particular version of the first set of versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sven Fischer, Kirk Allen Burroughs, Ie-Hong Lin, Grant Alexander Marshall, Stephen W. Edge
  • Patent number: 7974639
    Abstract: For a call flow to perform position determination, a network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The UE responds by sending to the network an acknowledgment (e.g., a grant of permission) to perform the position fix. The UE selectively sends a position estimate for itself to the network, typically along with the acknowledgment. The network may initiate location processing if (1) a location estimate is not received from the UE or (2) a location estimate is received from the UE but the network decides not to use this location estimate. In this case, the network and the UE perform location processing to obtain a position fix for the UE. However, if a location estimate is received from the UE and the network decides to use the location estimate, then the location processing is bypassed or short circuited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Allen Burroughs, Stephen W. Edge, Sven Fischer