Patents by Inventor Paul B. McAllister

Paul B. McAllister 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).

  • Power conservation in wireless client terminals and system latency reduction using a proxy device
    Patent number: 8515500
    Abstract: A scheme is provided for conserving power in client terminals and/or reducing latency in wireless systems by using a proxy device. The client terminal may have a primary communication interface for communications with an access node and a secondary communication interface to communicate with the proxy device. The client terminal may indicate to the access node a short cycle rate for monitoring its signaling/control channel(s). The client terminal may the power off its primary communication interface without informing the access node. Prior to powering off its primary communication interface, the client terminal may assign the proxy device to act as its proxy and monitor the signaling/control channel with the access node. The proxy device monitors the signaling/control channel(s) according to the indicated short cycle rate. Upon detection of a message for the client terminal, the proxy device forwards the message to the client terminal via a secondary communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soumya Das, Samir S. Soliman, Nishith Chaubey, Andrew T. Hunter, Paul B. McAllister
  • POWER CONSERVATION IN WIRELESS CLIENT TERMINALS AND SYSTEM LATENCY REDUCTION USING A PROXY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120072751
    Abstract: A scheme is provided for conserving power in client terminals and/or reducing latency in wireless systems by using a proxy device. The client terminal may have a primary communication interface for communications with an access node and a secondary communication interface to communicate with the proxy device. The client terminal may indicate to the access node a short cycle rate for monitoring its signaling/control channel(s). The client terminal may the power off its primary communication interface without informing the access node. Prior to powering off its primary communication interface, the client terminal may assign the proxy device to act as its proxy and monitor the signaling/control channel with the access node. The proxy device monitors the signaling/control channel(s) according to the indicated short cycle rate. Upon detection of a message for the client terminal, the proxy device forwards the message to the client terminal via a secondary communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Soumya Das, Samir S. Soliman, Nishith Chaubey, Andrew T. Hunter, Paul B. McAllister