Patents by Inventor Mark Blake

Mark Blake 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: 10932145
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed that provide in-service traffic and/or resource migration between processing units in a communications network. An example method includes one or more processing units communicating with at least one processing unit of a plurality of processing units, where the communicating corresponds to a plurality of resources and resource requirements of the plurality of processing units. The one or more processing units evaluate resource utilization and projected traffic of a subset of the plurality of processing units. The one or more processing units determine, based on the resource requirements, to migrate one or more selected interdependent resources for a service from one or more processing units to one or more receiving processing units of the plurality of processing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Pui-Sze Ho, Lesley Mcghee, Mark Blake
  • Patent number: 10291668
    Abstract: An audio mixer for mixing audio signals from a plurality of participants, including audio signals of different sample rates; the audio mixer comprising: a plurality of mixing arrangements, each mixing arrangement for a given one of said sample rates; each mixing arrangement comprising: a pre-mixer configured to mix audio signals having the given sample rate; one or more resamplers, each resampler configured to convert pre-mixed audio signals from other mixing arrangements into a signal of the given sample rate; and a post-mixer configured to mix the output of the pre-mixer with the output of each resampler to produce an output at the given sample rate; the audio mixer further comprising a subtractor configured to subtract the participant's input audio signal from the post-mixed output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Blake
  • Publication number: 20170111408
    Abstract: An audio mixer for mixing audio signals from a plurality of participants, including audio signals of different sample rates; the audio mixer comprising: a plurality of mixing arrangements, each mixing arrangement for a given one of said sample rates; each mixing arrangement comprising: a pre-mixer configured to mix audio signals having the given sample rate; one or more resamplers, each resampler configured to convert pre-mixed audio signals from other mixing arrangements into a signal of the given sample rate; and a post-mixer configured to mix the output of the pre-mixer with the output of each resampler to produce an output at the given sample rate; the audio mixer further comprising a subtractor configured to subtract the participant's input audio signal from the post-mixed output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Blake
  • Publication number: 20050117545
    Abstract: A compact hybrid comprises reactive power-dividers and signal paths coupling the reactive power-dividers to provide a predetermined phase difference therebetween. The signal paths may have 90-degree bends therein to reduce a distance between adjacent reactive power-dividers to less than a physical distance associated with the predetermined phase difference in a stripline medium. The hybrid may be a 180-degree hybrid and may be part of RF circuitry of a wireless communication device to combine signals from a pair of antennas and to provide a sum signal and a difference signal. The RF circuitry may also comprise switching circuitry to select between the sum signal and the difference signal based on a signal quality of the sum and difference signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: David Wittwer, Mark Blake