Patents by Inventor Rick Pitz

Rick Pitz 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).

  • Package manager
    Patent number: 7277387
    Abstract: A package manager of a media gateway component is described, which is configured to receive requests to encode or decode a message containing package descriptors. The package manager determines the type of package descriptor, and invokes the appropriate helper function which carries out the encoding or decoding operation. The package manager includes a package resolver portion that interfaces with other elements of the media gateway component, and a package helper portion that stores the helper functions. The package resolver portion includes a package list that describes the correlation between package descriptors and the corresponding helper functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Wind River Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sanders, Rick Pitz
  • Package manager
    Publication number: 20040151160
    Abstract: A package manager of a media gateway component is described, which is configured to receive requests to encode or decode a message containing package descriptors. The package manager determines the type of package descriptor, and invokes the appropriate helper function which carries out the encoding or decoding operation. The package manager includes a package resolver portion that interfaces with other elements of the media gateway component, and a package helper portion that stores the helper functions. The package resolver portion includes a package list that describes the correlation between package descriptors and the corresponding helper functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Sanders, Rick Pitz