Patents by Inventor Paul A. Thatcher

Paul A. Thatcher 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing broadcast messages in a communications network
    Patent number: 8315659
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel and improved method for providing broadcast short message services (SMS) in a communication network. It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus that insures the successful transmission of the broadcast message while minimizing the impact of providing the short messaging service on overall system capacity. It is further the objective of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for receiving broadcast messages without depriving the receiver of the benefits of slotted paging, that being the savings in power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: David Noel Collins, Paul Thatcher Williamson, Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr., Frank Quick
  • Method and apparatus for providing broadcast messages in a communications network
    Patent number: 7035627
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel and improved method for providing broadcast short message services (SMS) in a communication network. It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus that insures the successful transmission of the broadcast message while minimizing the impact of providing the short messaging service on overall system capacity. It is further the objective of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for receiving broadcast messages without depriving the receiver of the benefits of slotted paging, that being the savings in power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: David Noel Collins, Paul Thatcher Williamson, Edward G. Tiedemann Jr., Frank Quick
  • Method and apparatus for discovery of operational boundaries for shmoo tests
    Patent number: 6795788
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for discovery of operational boundaries for shmoo tests. Specifically, a method of testing operational boundaries is described in one embodiment of the present invention. The method discloses the discovery of an operational range for a hardware device over a plurality of varying operating parameters. The operational range is discovered by testing points, as defined by the plurality of varying operating parameters, to discover an operational boundary of the device. The operational boundary comprises a plurality of boundary points that lie just outside of the operational range of the device. The operational boundary is discovered automatically and without testing all of a plurality of interior operational points within the operational boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul A. Thatcher, Gopikrishna Jandhyala
  • Method and apparatus for discovery of operational boundaries for shmoo tests
    Publication number: 20030120451
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for discovery of operational boundaries for shmoo tests. Specifically, a method of testing operational boundaries is described in one embodiment of the present invention. The method discloses the discovery of an operational range for a hardware device over a plurality of varying operating parameters. The operational range is discovered by testing points, as defined by the plurality of varying operating parameters, to discover an operational boundary of the device. The operational boundary comprises a plurality of boundary points that lie just outside of the operational range of the device. The operational boundary is discovered automatically and without testing all of a plurality of interior operational points within the operational boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Paul A. Thatcher, Gopikrishna Jandhyala
  • Method and apparatus for providing broadcast messages in a communications network
    Patent number: 6157815
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel and improved method for providing broadcast short message services (SMS) in a communication network. It is an objective of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus that insures the successful transmission of the broadcast message while minimizing the impact of providing the short messaging service on overall system capacity. It is further the objective of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for receiving broadcast messages without depriving the receiver of the benefits of slotted paging, that being the savings in power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: David Noel Collins, Paul Thatcher Williamson, Edward G. Tiedemann, Jr., Frank Quick