Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Willis

Lawrence A. Willis 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).

  • Publication number: 20060083244
    Abstract: A method of setup and management of multiple resources in multiparty multimedia conference sessions. The method can include accepting a multiple resource session initiation request from a client, the multiple resource session initiation request requesting initiation of the multiple resource session, the multiple resource session including multiple resources. The multiple resource session initiation request can include a list of session participants and a session resource description including a plurality of group resource descriptions. Each group resource description can describe a logical group of at least one resource of at least one media type. The method can also include assigning a group identifier to each group resource description and assigning a session identifier to the session. The method can further include transmitting to the session participants the session identifier and a new session resource description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Balakumar Jagadesan, Sanjay Gupta, Lawrence Willis
  • Publication number: 20060082641
    Abstract: A method (300) and an apparatus (110) for a communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication are disclosed. The communication device (110) initiates the push-to-video communication (304), establishes the push-to-video communication (306), transmits the image portion and the audio portion of the push-to-video communication (308), and makes control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available (310) for other communication devices involved in the push-to-video communication. The communication device (110), after making the control of at least one of the image and audio portions of the push-to-video communication available, continues to transmit the corresponding portions of the push-to-video communication (312). The communication device (110) relinquishes the control when one of the other communication devices takes the control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Ganesan Rengaraju, Tomasz Jamrozy, Gary Oswald, Lawrence Willis
  • Publication number: 20060073843
    Abstract: A method in a communication network entity, for example, a push-to-talk/anything server, for content sharing in a group communication session including obtaining (210) participant information from a plurality of group participants, determining (220) common group information based on the group participant information obtained, and sending (230) the common group information to the group participants, wherein the group participants format content based on the common group information before communicating content to other participants of the group session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Naveen Aerrabotu, Lawrence Willis, Greg Black, Charles Binzel, Michael Kotzin
  • Publication number: 20050111409
    Abstract: A communication system provides for a mobile station (MS) to pre-register with a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) servicing a neighboring Routing Area (RA) that is a handoff candidate. In pre-registering with the neighboring RA and SGSN, the MS at least partially registers with the RA and SGSN, that is, at least a portion of the MS's registration information is conveyed to the neighboring SGSN serving the neighboring RA, prior to the MS being served by an associated neighboring BSS 230, for example, prior to an initiation of a handoff of the MS to neighboring BSS 230. By pre-registering with the candidate SGSN, a duration of a registration process and the corresponding service disruptions when the MS is handed off to such an SGSN are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Spear, Mark Pecen, Jeffrey Smolinske, Lawrence Willis
  • Patent number: 6885645
    Abstract: A method (500) and a mobile station (160) for controlling bearer assignment are described herein. In a wireless communication system (100), a core network (210) is configured to provide communication services to the mobile station (160). The mobile station (160) may detect a resource conflict associated with a communication service within the mobile station (160). Upon detecting the resource conflict, the mobile station (160) may determine a condition of the resource conflict suggesting to delay a bearer assignment for the communication service. Based on the condition of the resource conflict, the mobile station (160) may transmit a request associated with the bearer assignment to the core network (210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Ryan, Lawrence Willis
  • Publication number: 20040199914
    Abstract: A method and apparatus method of filtering packet data for an anonymous user device in a packet data network communication system includes a first step of defining a special context information element containing special context information. A next step includes sending the special context information element in an activate packet data protocol (PDP) context request to a network to initiate a call from an anonymous user device. A next step includes receiving the activate PDP context request and the special context information element. A next step includes configuring the data packets so that only the special context is allowed. A next step includes assigning an interim identity and interim IP address to the user device. A next step includes mapping the data packets of the configuring step to the interim IP address of the user device. A next step includes defining permissible routing identities per the special context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Naveen Aerrabotu, Lawrence A. Willis, Mark E. Pecen, Yilin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20040095903
    Abstract: A method (500) and a mobile station (160) for controlling bearer assignment are described herein. In a wireless communication system (100), a core network (210) is configured to provide communication services to the mobile station (160). The mobile station (160) may detect a resource conflict associated with a communication service within the mobile station (160). Upon detecting the resource conflict, the mobile station (160) may determine a condition of the resource conflict suggesting to delay a bearer assignment for the communication service. Based on the condition of the resource conflict, the mobile station (160) may transmit a request associated with the bearer assignment to the core network (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Bill Ryan, Lawrence Willis
  • Publication number: 20040062262
    Abstract: The present invention manages data link resources in a wireless communication device by managing the data link resource needs of multiple client applications including the creation and sharing of data link resources. If the requested data link resources can be accommodated by the already established data link resources (106), then one or more of the already established data link resources are shared (108) with the application making the request for data link resources. If the requested data link resources can not be accommodated by the already established data link resources, then the data link resources are upgraded (110) to accommodate the additional requirements of the received request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Chris Venteicher, William Ryan, Lawrence Willis
  • Publication number: 20020199008
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that enables incremental control the flow of downlink data on an external interface-by-interface basis, reducing the risk of repeatedly exhausting internal memory resources. A mobile device (300), having a plurality of device interfaces (328-330) for transmitting data received from a network (306) through a network controller (302), includes an identity associating layer (322) that associates identifiers with packet data protocol contexts corresponding to the plurality of device interfaces. A general resource indicator (334) generates a first indication in response to system memory of the mobile device being substantially exhausted, and a private resource indicator (336) generates a second indication in response to private resources corresponding to the plurality of device interfaces being substantially exhausted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Edward Pecen, Niels Peter Skov Andersen, Kenneth Stewart, Lawrence A. Willis
  • Patent number: 5559794
    Abstract: A telecommunication system (10) with a distributed processor architecture having a central control processor (14) and a plurality of subprocessor controlled peripheral circuits (13) through which the central control processor (14) receives information and affects the central control of the telecommunication system (10), a selective remote interface assembly (11) which determines the operating state of the telecommunication system (10) and is connected with a single connection modem (30) and in which the selective remote interface assembly (11) selectively obtains a relatively full featured user through the single connection modem (30) when it is determined that the telecommunication system (10) is in an on-line state and to obtain a relatively limited user interface through the single connection modem (30) when it is determined that the telecommunication system (10) is in an off-line state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Willis, Daniel A. Mershon, Boris Dubinsky