Patents by Inventor Peter Frank Driessen

Peter Frank Driessen 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).

  • Patent number: 10014977
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data over a channel, in which the data are categorized in at least two different categories. For example, the data are categorized according to the effect on perceived degradation on the data when error mitigation is performed on the data. Corrupted data of the first category are replaced using a first replacement method, such as retransmission and forward error correction. The corrupted data of the second category are replaced using a second replacement method different from the first replacement method, e.g., error mitigation or interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Frank Driessen, Mathias R. Kretschmer, Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, James H. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20160013886
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data over a channel, in which the data are categorized in at least two different categories. For example, the data are categorized according to the effect on perceived degradation on the data when error mitigation is performed on the data. Corrupted data of the first category are replaced using a first replacement method, such as retransmission and forward error correction. The corrupted data of the second category are replaced using a second replacement method different from the first replacement method, e.g., error mitigation or interpolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Frank Driessen, Mathias R. Kretschmer, Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, James H. Snyder
  • Patent number: 9160495
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data over a channel, in which the data are categorized in at least two different categories. For example, the data are categorized according to the effect on perceived degradation on the data when error mitigation is performed on the data. Corrupted data of the first category are replaced using a first replacement method, such as retransmission and forward error correction. The corrupted data of the second category are replaced using a second replacement method different from the first replacement method, e.g., error mitigation or interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Frank Driessen, Mathias R. Kretschmer, Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, James H. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20130229908
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data over a channel, in which the data are categorized in at least two different categories. For example, the data are categorized according to the effect on perceived degradation on the data when error mitigation is performed on the data. Corrupted data of the first category are replaced using a first replacement method, such as retransmission and forward error correction. The corrupted data of the second category are replaced using a second replacement method different from the first replacement method, e.g., error mitigation or interpolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Frank Driessen, Mathias R. Kretschmer, Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, James H. Snyder
  • Patent number: 8428185
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data over a channel, in which the data are categorized in at least two different categories. For example, the data are categorized according to the effect on perceived degradation on the data when error mitigation is performed on the data. Corrupted data of the first category are replaced using a first replacement method, such as retransmission and forward error correction. The corrupted data of the second category are replaced using a second replacement method different from the first replacement method, e.g., error mitigation or interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter Frank Driessen, Mathias R. Kretschmer, Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, James H. Snyder
  • Patent number: 7123919
    Abstract: In a cellular communication network, capacity in a cell is increased by placing antennas transmitting different signals on the same carrier frequency at separated signal transmission and virtual site locations in the cell, rather than at the center of the cell. A receiver includes multiple antennas using spatial diversity, such as beamforming and cancellation, to extract the desired signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: Peter Frank Driessen
  • Patent number: 7042933
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data over a channel, in which the data are categorized in at least two different categories. For example, the data are categorized according to the effect on perceived degradation on the data when error mitigation is performed on the data. Corrupted data of the first category are replaced using a first replacement method, such as retransmission and forward error correction. The corrupted data of the second category are replaced using a second replacement method different from the first replacement method, e.g., error mitigation or interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Frank Driessen, Mathias R. Kretschmer, Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, James H Snyder
  • Patent number: 6968737
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for automated position location using RF signposting. The present invention comprises a plurality of transmitting units placed throughout a service area. Each transmitting unit repeatedly transmits a signal including position information related to a position associated with the transmitting unit. The position information may be an absolute position or an encoded position based on the structure of a building in which the transmitting unit is located. A receiving unit receives the signal transmitted from a transmitting unit and determines the position of the receiving unit, based on the received indication. The transmitting units are placed to provide uniform coverage of the service area, thus providing position location indoors and in urban areas where GPS does not function properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Wei Herman Chen, Peter Frank Driessen, Richard Dennis Gitlin, Krishan Kumar Sabnani, Theodore Sizer, II
  • Patent number: 6850559
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting data over a channel, in which the data are categorized in at least two different categories. For example, the data are categorized according to the effect on perceived degradation on the data when error mitigation is performed on the data. Corrupted data of the first category are replaced using a first replacement method, such as retransmission and forward error correction. The corrupted data of the second category are replaced using a second replacement method different from the first replacement method, e.g., error mitigation or interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Frank Driessen, Mathias R. Kretschmer, Schuyler Reynier Quackenbush, James H Snyder
  • Patent number: 6760593
    Abstract: In a cellular communication network, capacity in a cell is increased by placing antennas transmitting different signals on the same carrier frequency at separated signal transmission and virtual site locations in the cell, rather than at the center of the cell. A receiver includes multiple antennas using spatial diversity, such as beamforming and cancellation, to extract the desired signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: Peter Frank Driessen
  • Patent number: 6052599
    Abstract: In a cellular communication network, capacity in a cell is increased by placing antennas transmitting different signals on the same carrier frequency at separated locations in the cell, rather than at the center of the cell. A receiver includes multiple antennas and uses spatial diversity, such as beamforming and cancellation, to extract the desired signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: AT & T Corp.
    Inventor: Peter Frank Driessen
  • Patent number: 5890055
    Abstract: A wireless communications system includes a number of clusters of repeaters wherein all repeaters within a cluster arc connected to a common hub via respective millimeter-wave radio links. Wireless signals received by the repeaters from end-user devices are transparently carried by the millimeter-wave radio links to respective hubs that act as concentrators for the repeaters. The hubs may be linked to a wireless network base station (in an outdoor setting) or alternatively to a server or a PBX (in an indoor environment) via a high-speed transmission facility, such as a fiber optic cable that is thus shared by all the repeaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Ta-Shing Chu, Martin V. Clark, Peter Frank Driessen, Vinko Erceg, Lawrence Joel Greenstein, Robert Stephen Roman, Anthony Joseph Rustako, Jr., Giovanni Vannucci