Patents by Inventor Michael Stephen Lohman

Michael Stephen Lohman 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).

  • Dynamic forward error correction bypass in a digital communications system
    Patent number: 10116377
    Abstract: A system and method of improving communications is provided. A gateway is communicatively coupled to an end terminal through an unmanned air vehicle (UAV), wherein a first link communicatively couples the gateway to the UAV, and a second link communicatively couples the UAV to the end terminal. At least one of the gateway and the UAV is configured to determine a signal quality on at least the first link between the gateway and the UAV in a first direction. If the signal quality exceeds a predetermined threshold, a received packet is encoded at the gateway for processing by the end terminal. The packet is further tagged with an indicator that the packet should bypass forward error correction (FEC) at the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Lohman
  • DYNAMIC FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION BYPASS IN A DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170195037
    Abstract: A system and method of improving communications is provided. A gateway is communicatively coupled to an end terminal through an unmanned air vehicle (UAV), wherein a first link communicatively couples the gateway to the UAV, and a second link communicatively couples the UAV to the end terminal. At least one of the gateway and the UAV is configured to determine a signal quality on at least the first link between the gateway and the UAV in a first direction. If the signal quality exceeds a predetermined threshold, a received packet is encoded at the gateway for processing by the end terminal. The packet is further tagged with an indicator that the packet should bypass forward error correction (FEC) at the UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Lohman