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: 20160057104
    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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MARGALLA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Saqib Jang, Mark Kent
  • Publication number: 20160045146
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed including a data communication unit to transmit one or more signals related to the monitored analyte level received from the analyte sensor to a remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Martin J. Fennell, Lei He, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Patent number: 9258620
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for controlling data distribution via cellular communications with an integrated femtocell and set-top-box (IFSTB) device are provided. In this regard, a cellular enabled communication device may detect when it is within cellular communication range of a femtocell. Upon detection of the femtocell, the cellular enabled communication device may communicate instructions to a content source instructing the content source to deliver multimedia content to the femtocell. In instances that multimedia content is already being delivered to the cellular enabled communication device prior to the detection, the instructions from the cellular enabled communication device may instruct the content source to redirect the multimedia content to the femtocell. In this regard, the multimedia content may be delivered from the content source to the cellular enabled communication device via the femtocell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Xuemin (Sherman) Chen, Charles Abraham, Wael William Diab, Vinko Erceg, Victor T. Hou, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Mark Kent
  • Patent number: 9253444
    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: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MARGALLA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Saqib Jang, Mark Kent
  • Publication number: 20160015303
    Abstract: Methods and devices to monitor an analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include continuous or discrete acquisition of analyte related data from a transcutaneously positioned in vivo analyte sensor automatically or upon request from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Milfred Bernstein, Martin J. Fennell, Mark Kent Sloan, Michael Love, Lei He, Christopher Allen Thomas, Udo Hoss, Benjamin Jay Feldman, Kenneth J. Doniger, Gary Ashley Stafford, Gary Alan Hayter, Phillip Yee, Namvar Kiaie, Jean-Pierre Cole, Hung Dinh, Marc Barry Taub, Louis George Pace, Jeffery Mario Sicurello
  • Publication number: 20160015268
    Abstract: Methods and devices to monitor an analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include continuous or discrete acquisition of analyte related data from a transcutaneously positioned in vivo analyte sensor automatically or upon request from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Milfred Bernstein, Martin J. Fennell, Mark Kent Sloan, Michael Love, Lei He, Christopher Allen Thomas, Udo Hoss, Benjamin Jay Feldman, Kenneth J. Doniger, Gary Ashley Stafford, Gary Alan Hayter, Phillip Yee, Namvar Kiaie, Jean-Pierre Cole, Hung Dinh, Marc Barry Taub, Louis George Pace, Jeffery Mario Sicurello
  • Publication number: 20160015267
    Abstract: Methods and devices to monitor an analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include continuous or discrete acquisition of analyte related data from a transcutaneously positioned in vivo analyte sensor automatically or upon request from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Milfred Bernstein, Martin J. Fennell, Mark Kent Sloan, Michael Love, Lei He, Christopher Allen Thomas, Udo Hoss, Benjamin Jay Feldman, Kenneth J. Doniger, Gary Ashley Stafford, Gary Alan Hayter, Phillip Yee, Namvar Kiaie, Jean-Pierre Cole, Hung Dinh, Marc Barry Taub, Louis George Pace, Jeffery Mario Sicurello
  • Patent number: 9226714
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an analyte monitoring device having a user interface with a display and a plurality of actuators. The display is configured to render a plurality of display screens, including a home screen and an alert screen. The home screen is divided into a plurality of simultaneously displayed panels, with a first panel displays a rate of change of continuously monitored analyte levels in interstitial fluid, a second panel simultaneously displays a current analyte level and an analyte trend indicator, and a third panel displays status information of a plurality of components of the device. When an alarm condition is detected, the display renders the alert screen in place of the home screen, the alert screen displaying information corresponding to the detected alarm condition. Furthermore, the actuators are configured to affect further output of the analyte monitoring device corresponding to the detected condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley Scott Harper, Annie C. Tan, Timothy Christian Dunn, Mark Kent Sloan, Kenneth J. Doniger, Michael Love, Phillip Yee, Gary Alan Hayter, R. Curtis Jennewine, Glenn Howard Berman
  • Patent number: 9226701
    Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, and apparatus for error detection of bits of a data packet received at a receiver unit by detecting corrupted data bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kent Sloan, Martin J. Fennell
  • Patent number: 9225440
    Abstract: A mobile device receives a radio frequency (RF) signal comprising a primary synchronization sequence (PSS) and a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS). The mobile device performs multiple frequency hypothesis (MFH) testing via multiple MFH branches. A SSS decoding and a PSS correlation process are performed, respectively, per MFH branch. The SSS decoding may be performed according to corresponding PSS detection. Cell-specific information such as cell ID information and/or Cyclic Prefix (CP) length is acquired per MFH branch based on corresponding PSS detection and SSS decoding. Subsequently, the mobile device selects a particular MFH branch with a maximum PSS correlation peak over the entire MFH branches. The cell-specific information from the selected MFH branch is utilized for communications within a corresponding cell if the information is detected consistently. The mobile device compares cell ID information and/or CP length information over the remaining MFH branches for consistency check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Swarts, Mark Kent
  • Patent number: 9226134
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for installation and configuration of a femtocell are provided. In this regard, information for configuring a femtocell to operate in a specified location may be received by the femtocell and may be utilized to configure one or more parameters of the femtocell. Once the femtocell is operational the parameters may be updated and/or optimized based on one or both of characterizations of cellular signals and/or information received from a femtocell registry. In this manner the femtocell may be reconfigured utilizing the updated and/or optimized parameters. The one or more parameters may be configured based on attributes of the location in which the femtocell is to operate. The one or more parameters may be configured based on a location, number, and/or coverage area of other femtocells The parameters may comprise one or more of power levels, frequency of operation, and/or antenna beam pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Kent, Charles Abraham, Xuemin Sherman Chen, Wael William Diab, Vinko Erceg, Victor T. Hou, Jeyhan Karaoguz
  • Patent number: 9215712
    Abstract: A mobile device receives a signal comprising a PSS and a SSS. The mobile device performs iterative MFHT utilizing a reduced number of MFH branches. At each iteration, frequency offset estimation and Cell-ID detection are concurrently performed. An iteration starts with selecting initial frequency offsets spanning a frequency offset estimation range. The selected initial frequency offsets are placed in the MFH branches. A particular MFH branch with a maximum PSS correlation peak magnitude is selected at the iteration. A frequency offset estimate in the selected MFH branch is utilized for frequency control. The frequency offset estimation range utilized for the current iteration is reduced for the next iteration. A Cell-ID is declared if the Cell-ID is consistently detected not only within a particular iteration on the basis of having detected consistent cell ID information for the first and second halves of a radio frame, but also from iteration to iteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Swarts, Mark Kent
  • Publication number: 20150335245
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Martin J. Fennell, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Publication number: 20150341888
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for registering femtocells to provide service are provided. In this regard, a communication device may be operable to determine a plurality of femtocells within a vicinity of its location. The communication device may be operable to receive information communicated from one or more of the plurality of femtocells, which are managed by a femtocell management entity. One or more of the plurality of femtocells may be selected for transmitting and/or receiving cellular data based on the communicated information. The communicated information may comprise one or more of global navigation system satellite (GNSS) coordinates, an identification number, potential interference, power levels, location, associated communication devices, and/or directionality of antennas of the one or more femtocells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark KENT, Charles Abraham, Xuemin William Chen, Wael William Diab, Vinko Erceg, Victor Hou, Jeyhan Karaoguz
  • Patent number: 9186113
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an analyte monitoring device having a user interface with a display and a plurality of actuators. The display is configured to render a plurality of display screens, including a home screen and an alert screen. The home screen is divided into a plurality of simultaneously displayed panels, with a first panel displays a rate of change of continuously monitored analyte levels in interstitial fluid, a second panel simultaneously displays a current analyte level and an analyte trend indicator, and a third panel displays status information of a plurality of components of the device. When an alarm condition is detected, the display renders the alert screen in place of the home screen, the alert screen displaying information corresponding to the detected alarm condition. Furthermore, the actuators are configured to affect further output of the analyte monitoring device corresponding to the detected condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley Scott Harper, Annie C. Tan, Timothy Christian Dunn, Mark Kent Sloan, Kenneth J. Doniger, Michael Love, Phillip Yee, Gary Alan Hayter, R. Curtis Jennewine, Glenn Howard Berman
  • Publication number: 20150320315
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing a data stream generator that generates a data stream associated with a monitored analyte level, and a radio frequency logic portion operatively coupled to the data stream generator, the radio frequency logic portion configured to generate a radio frequency data stream based on the data stream generated from the data stream generator, the radio frequency logic portion further including one or more finite state machines and a plurality of discrete digital logic circuits, the one or more finite state machines configured to control the plurality of digital logic circuits to generate the radio frequency data stream for wireless communication are provided. Systems and kits incorporating the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Mario Sicurello, Hung Dinh, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Patent number: 9184875
    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: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Mario Sicurello, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Patent number: 9177456
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing data communication in medical systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
    Inventors: Martin J. Fennell, Lei He, Mark Kent Sloan
  • Patent number: 9154734
    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: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Margalla Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Saqib Jang, Mark Kent
  • Publication number: 20150264587
    Abstract: A wireless communication device (e.g., generally, a device) includes a communication interface and a processor configured to support communications with one or more other devices. In an example of operation, the device supports first communications based on a first communication protocol with a first network coordinator device and identifies a second network coordinator device that operates based on a second communication protocol when supporting those first communications. The device also determines one or more operational parameters associated with the second network coordinator device. When one or more conditions is/are appropriate, the device interworks the first communications and second communications based on the second communication protocol with the second network coordinator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew James Fischer, Qi Wang, Vinko Erceg, Raymond Reynolds Hayes, Mark Kent, Florin Baboescu, Dutt Harinarayan Kalapatapu