Patents by Inventor Leni Thomas

Leni Thomas 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 modifying an encoded signal
    Publication number: 20060217972
    Abstract: Signal Quality Enhancement is performed directly in a coded domain. Coded Domain-Signal Quality Enhancement (CD-SQE) is applied to an encoded signal populated substantially with encoded signal bits to produce an enhanced encoded signal. The enhanced encoded signal is outputted. Thus, the signal does not have to go through intermediate decoder/re-encoder(s), which can degrade overall speech quality. Computational resources required for a complete re-encoding are not needed. Overall delay of the system is minimized. The CD-SQE system can be used in any network in which signals are communicated in a coded domain, such as a Third Generation (3G) wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Tellabs Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Rafid Sukkar, Richard Younce, Peng Zhang, Michael Horning, Robert Cochran, Stephen Griffith, Leni Thomas, Brian McConnell