Patents by Inventor Lorenz Minder

Lorenz Minder 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).

  • Multiple-field based code generator and decoder for communications systems
    Patent number: 9270414
    Abstract: A method of encoding data for transmission from a source to a destination over a communications channel is provided. The method operates on an ordered set of input symbols and includes generating a plurality of redundant symbols from the input symbols based on linear constraints. The method also includes generating a plurality of output symbols from a combined set of symbols including the input symbols and the redundant symbols based on linear combinations, wherein at least one of the linear constraints or combinations is over a first finite field and at least one other of the linear constraints or combinations is over a different second finite field, and such that the ordered set of input symbols can be regenerated to a desired degree of accuracy from any predetermined number of the output symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Digital Fountain, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Amin Shokrollahi, Michael G. Luby, Mark Watson, Lorenz Minder
  • MULTIPLE-FIELD BASED CODE GENERATOR AND DECODER FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20070195894
    Abstract: A method of encoding data for transmission from a source to a destination over a communications channel is provided. The method operates on an ordered set of input symbols and includes generating a plurality of redundant symbols from the input symbols based on linear constraints. The method also includes generating a plurality of output symbols from a combined set of symbols including the input symbols and the redundant symbols based on linear combinations, wherein at least one of the linear constraints or combinations is over a first finite field and at least one other of the linear constraints or combinations is over a different second finite field, and such that the ordered set of input symbols can be regenerated to a desired degree of accuracy from any predetermined number of the output symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Digital Fountain, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Amin Shokrollahi, Michael G. Luby, Mark Watson, Lorenz Minder