Patents by Inventor Mark Kent

Mark Kent 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: 20140148670
    Abstract: Method and system for providing a fault tolerant data receiver unit configured with a partitioned or separate processing units, each configured to perform a predetermined and/or specific processing associated with the one or more substantially non-overlapping functions of the data monitoring and management system is provided
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher V. Reggiardo, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Patent number: 8737259
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for receiving an encoded data packet, one or more activation commands, and a communication identifier, decoding the received data packet, validating the decoded received data packet, and executing one or more routines associated with the respective one or more activation commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Mario Sicurello, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Patent number: 8731593
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for processing transmit power control (TPC) commands in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network are disclosed and may include calculating a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a downlink dedicated physical channel (DPCH) based on a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) bits received via the downlink DPCH. A value of at least one of said plurality of TPC bits is not known when said at least one of said plurality of TPC bits is received. Transmit power for at least one uplink communication path may be adjusted based on the calculated SNR of the downlink dedicated physical channel. At least one reliability weight value may be calculated for at least a portion of the received TCP bits, based on the calculated SNR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Severine Catreux-Erceg, Mark Kent, Uri M. Landau, Vinko Erceg
  • Publication number: 20140121477
    Abstract: A continuous glucose monitoring system including a sensor configured to detect one or more glucose levels, a transmitter operatively coupled to the sensor, the transmitter configured to receive the detected one or more glucose levels, the transmitter further configured to transmit signals corresponding to the detected one or more glucose levels, and a receiver operatively coupled to the transmitter configured to receive transmitted signals corresponding to the detected one or more glucose levels, and methods thereof, are disclosed. In one aspect, the transmitter may be configured to transmit a current data point and at least one previous data point, the current data point and the at least one previous data point corresponding to the detected one or more glucose levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Y. Jin, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Publication number: 20140107436
    Abstract: Methods and devices to detect analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include enhanced analyte monitoring devices and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Milfred Bernstein, Jared Watkin, Martin J. Fennell, Mark Kent Sloan, Michael Love, Namvar Kiaie, Jean-Pierre Cole, Steve Scott
  • Patent number: 8687715
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for a delta quantizer for rate reduction pre-coding matrices may include quantizing a change in channel state information in a MIMO pre-coding system onto a codebook and generating a pre-coding matrix based on at least the channel state information. The channel state information may be a matrix V and one or more associated singular values. The matrix V may be generated using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) or Geometric Mean Decomposition (GMD). One or more columns of the matrix V may be selected based on the one or more associated singular values and may be combined to enable the generation of the pre-coding matrix. The codebook may comprise one or more unitary matrices. An index of an element of the codebook, onto which the change in channel state information is quantized, may be transmitted from a receiver to a transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Vinko Erceg, Jun Zheng, Uri Landau
  • Publication number: 20140088382
    Abstract: Methods and devices and systems including a communication module operatively coupled to a data collection module for communicating the stored analyte related data after the analyte related data is stored in the data collection module over a predetermined time period, and a user interface unit configured to communicate with the communication module to receive from the communication module the stored analyte related data in the data collection module over the predetermined time period, and to output information associated with the monitored analyte level, where the user interface unit is configured to operate in a prospective analysis mode including substantially real time output of information associated with the monitored analyte level, or a retrospective analysis mode including limited output of information during the predetermined time period wherein no information related to the monitored analyte level is output during the predetermined time period, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Milfred Bernstein, Jared Watkin, Martin J. Fennell, Mark Kent Sloan, Michael Love, Namvar Kiaie, Jean-Pierre Cole, Steve Scott
  • Publication number: 20140086349
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for controlling and regulating services and resources in high-performance downlink channels may include receiving, at a second communication device, from a first communication device, one or more process data packets. For one or more feedback classes, at least one feedback message may be generated from the one or more process data packets associated with a process that may be associated with the one or more feedback classes. One or more feedback messages may be generated from the at least one generated feedback message and transmitted from the second communication device to the first communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Uri LANDAU, Mark Kent
  • Publication number: 20140083863
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for performing a discrete glucose testing and bolus dosage determination including a glucose meter with bolus calculation function are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kent Sloan, R. Curtis Jennewine
  • Patent number: 8681730
    Abstract: A mobile device receives a signal, from a base station, comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). The received PSS and SSS are used to acquire cell-specific parameters so as to ensure communicates between the mobile device and the base station. The mobile device correlates the received signal in time domain using signs of each of a plurality of correlation reference sequences (reference PSSs). The mobile device generates sign based correlation reference PSSs using signs of the corresponding reference PSSs, which are generated based on a variety of Zadoff-Chu sequences. The received PSS is detected based on the correlation. No multiplication operations are used in the correlation process. Symbol timing is identified according to the detected PSS. The mobile device uses the identified symbol timing to baseband process the received signal. The received signal is an OFDM signal received over a 3GPP LTE/E-UTRA air interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Swarts, Mark Kent
  • Publication number: 20140081108
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Alan Hayter, Martin J. Fennell, Lei He, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Patent number: 8675760
    Abstract: A mobile device receives beams orthogonal to a single user downlink MIMO channel associated with a selected first user in a user group. The mobile device estimates relative channel direction information with respect to the received beams for an associated single user downlink MIMO channel. The estimated relative channel direction information is hybrid-quantized to generate a semi-orthogonal matrix transmitted to the base station over a finite-rate feedback link. The mobile device receives downlink data transmission according to the hybrid-quantized relative channel direction information. The base station receives multiple semi-orthogonal matrices from remaining mobile devices to generate a semi-orthogonal group for the selected first user. A mobile device having the strongest quantized projected channel capacity is selected from the generated semi-orthogonal group as a second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Zheng, Mark Kent, Vinko Erceg
  • Publication number: 20140074061
    Abstract: Method and system for providing basal profile modification in insulin therapy for use with infusion devices includes periodically monitoring the analyte levels of a patient for a predetermined period of time in order to determine, based on the monitored analyte levels, an appropriate modification factor to be incorporated into the underlying basal profile which was running at the time the periodic monitoring of the analyte levels were performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kent Sloan, Gary Alan Hayter
  • Publication number: 20140071963
    Abstract: A mobile device receives a signal, from a base station, comprising a primary synchronization sequence (PSS) and a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS). The mobile device utilizes two different sampling rates to perform the PSS synchronization and the SSS detection individually. For example, the mobile device synchronizes to the received PSS at a first sampling rate such as 0.96 MHz, which is determined based on the PSS transmission rate and/or the length of the received PSS. The mobile device detects the received SSS at a second sampling rate such as 1.92 MHz, which equals to the sampling rate for an analog-to-digital conversion at the mobile device. The received PSS and associated symbol timing are detected through the PSS synchronization to support the SSS detection. The detected SSS is used to acquire cell-specific parameters such as cell ID. The acquired cell-specific parameters ensure proper communications between the mobile device and the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Francis SWARTS, Mark KENT
  • Patent number: 8670510
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for channel estimation in a MIMO communication system with multiple RF chains for WCDMA/HSDPA may comprise receiving a plurality of communication signals from a plurality of transmit antennas. A plurality of vectors of baseband combined channel estimates may be generated based on phase rotation of the received plurality of communication signals. A matrix of processed baseband combined channel estimates may be generated based on the generated plurality of vectors of baseband combined channel estimates. A plurality of amplitude and phase correction signals may be generated based on the generated plurality of vectors of baseband combined channel estimates. An amplitude and a phase of at least a portion of the received plurality of communication signals may be adjusted based on the generated plurality of amplitude and phase correction signals, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Vinko Erceg, Uri M. Landau, Pieter van Rooyen
  • Patent number: 8661895
    Abstract: Carrying cases for medical devices and components thereof are provided. Also provided are methods for carrying medical devices and for medical testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Ashley Stafford, Mark Kent Sloan, Johnny Chang, Jessica Ching, Mina Min Leung
  • Patent number: 8665759
    Abstract: A system, method, and device for use in videoconferencing. The method typically includes installing a videoconferencing services switch at an access point to an IP network, and registering a plurality of subscribers for videoconferencing services. Each subscriber typically has a plurality of endpoints. The method further includes receiving subscriber-specific settings to be applied to multiple videoconferencing calls from the plurality of endpoints associated with each subscriber. The method further includes storing the subscriber-specific settings at a location accessible to the switch, and configuring the switch to connect calls from the plurality of endpoints at each subscriber based on the corresponding subscriber-specific settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Margalla Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Saqib Jang, Mark Kent
  • Patent number: 8665720
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for determining a limited soft buffer size on transport blocks for rate matching are provided. A data stream may be processed for transmission between a base station (eNodeB) and a UE via HARQ procedures. A two-stage rate-matching algorithm may be used in the HARQ procedures. A limited virtual soft buffer size at the UE in the two-stage rate-matching algorithm may be calculated on site based on channel condition information, available channel bandwidth, number of layers in spatial multiplexing, and the capacity of the UE, respectively. The data stream may be first rate-matched to the calculated limited soft buffer size available at the UE, and forwarded for second stage rate-matching to an actual physical channel size determined by the base station. The amount of bits forwarded for second stage rate-matching may equal to the calculated limited virtual soft buffer size of the virtual soft buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Bazhong Shen, Mark Kent
  • Publication number: 20140059102
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for efficient full resolution correlation may include correlating a first signal with a second signal at a rate corresponding to a first discrete signal, wherein each sample of the first signal may be generated by summing a plurality of consecutive samples from the first discrete signal, and the second signal may be generated by summing the plurality of consecutive samples from a second discrete signal. The correlating may be performed by a matched filter and/or a correlator. The first signal comprising N samples may be generated by summing L consecutive samples for each of the N samples from the first discrete signal comprising N*L samples. The second signal comprising N samples may be generated by summing L consecutive samples for each of the N samples from the second discrete signal comprising N*L samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Swarts, Mark Kent
  • Patent number: 8660224
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the method may comprise receiving a plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals from a plurality of transmit antennas at a base station. A plurality of vectors of baseband combined channel estimates may be generated based on phase rotation of the received plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals. A plurality of pre-equalization weights may be generated based on the generated plurality of vectors of baseband combined channel estimates. The received plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals may be modified based on the generated plurality of pre-equalization weights. At least a portion of the generated plurality of pre-equalization weights may be fed back to the base station for modifying subsequently transmitted spatially multiplexed communication signals which are transmitted from at least a portion of the plurality of transmit antennas at the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Vinko Erceg, Uri M. Landau, Pieter Van Rooyen, Pieter Roux