Patents by Inventor Paul B. Ranford

Paul B. Ranford 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).

  • Techniques to reduce information loss and translation costs in a system populated with data sources and sinks communicating with multiple data representations
    Patent number: 7372871
    Abstract: Techniques for reducing overall information loss and processing costs due to data translation in a network populated with communicating data sources and sinks of multiple data representations is described. By employing an “optimization” technique for negotiating “least cost” data representations to be communicated between data source(s) and sink(s) where the “least cost” can be relative to, for example, fidelity requirements and processing costs of the system or the user of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph J. Grecco, Paul B. Ranford
  • Techniques to reduce information loss and translation costs in a system populated with data sources and sinks communicating with multiple data representations
    Publication number: 20030188023
    Abstract: Techniques for reducing overall information loss and processing costs due to data translation in a network populated with communicating data sources and sinks of multiple data representations is described. By employing an “optimization” technique for negotiating “least cost” data representations to be communicated between data source(s) and sink(s) where the “least cost” can be relative to, for example, fidelity requirements and processing costs of the system or the user of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Joseph J. Grecco, Paul B. Ranford