Patents by Inventor Sherman Leon Gavette
Sherman Leon Gavette 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).
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Patent number: 7894487Abstract: A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network is presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among the stations; transmitting a signal from a first station and receiving the signal at a second station; and performing one or both of: generating the signal based on a local clock at the first station and time adjustment information in a beacon transmission received by the first station, and sampling the signal at sample times based on a local clock at the second station and time adjustment information in a beacon transmission received by the second station.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignees: Sharp Corporation, CopperGate Communications Ltd., Atheros Communications, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Timothy J. Vandermey, James E. Petranovich, Neal K. Riedel, George M. Peponides, Sherman Leon Gavette
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Patent number: 7822059Abstract: A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network are presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations; transmitting from a first station to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignees: Atheros Communications, Inc., Sharp Corporation, CopperGate Communications Ltd.Inventors: Srinivas Katar, Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Neal K. Riedel, Min Wang, George M. Peponides, Wai Chung Chan, Sherman Leon Gavette, Deepak Ayyagari
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Patent number: 7756152Abstract: A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network are presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among a plurality of the stations; transmitting from a first station to a second station during a time slot assigned to the first station by at least one of the beacon transmissions; and transmitting from the first station information that grants permission to the second station to transmit during at least a portion of a time slot assigned to the first station.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignees: Atheros Communications, Inc., Sharp Corporation, CopperGate Communications Ltd.Inventors: Srinivas Katar, Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Neal K. Riedel, Min Wang, George M. Peponides, Wai Chung Chan, Sherman Leon Gavette, Deepak Ayyagari
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Publication number: 20090207865Abstract: A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network is presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among the stations; transmitting a signal from a first station and receiving the signal at a second station; and performing one or both of: generating the signal based on a local clock at the first station and time adjustment information in a beacon transmission received by the first station, and sampling the signal at sample times based on a local clock at the second station and time adjustment information in a beacon transmission received by the second station.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Timothy J. Vandermey, James E. Petranovich, Neal K. Riedel, George M. Peponides, Sherman Leon Gavette
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Patent number: 7558294Abstract: A method and corresponding system for communicating between stations in a network is presented. The method includes providing repeated beacon transmissions from a coordinator station for coordinating transmissions among the stations; transmitting a signal from a first station and receiving the signal at a second station; and performing one or both of: generating the signal based on a local clock at the first station and time adjustment information in a beacon transmission received by the first station, and sampling the signal at sample times based on a local clock at the second station and time adjustment information in a beacon transmission received by the second station.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Intellon CorporationInventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Timothy J. Vandermey, James E. Petranovich, Neal K. Riedel, George M. Peponides, Sherman Leon Gavette
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Patent number: 7187691Abstract: A method of securing the channel by a QoS manager in an ad hoc network having a contention protocol including a normal priority resolution period having multiple priority resolution slots therein, wherein the contention protocol includes plural contention state slots, and wherein plural devices contend for transmission time on the network by transmitting priority resolution symbols during a priority resolution period, including defining a QoS manager constructed and arranged to compete with the plural devices on the network; and providing an extended priority resolution slot for transmission of a priority resolution symbol at the end of the normal priority resolution period.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventor: Sherman Leon Gavette
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Patent number: 6985456Abstract: A method of power control for use in a communications network having plural transceiver communications nodes therein, including, in an initiator node, transmitting a first signal at a first power level to a responder node; in the responder node, measuring and storing, a first signal level for the first signal and a first signal responder noise level; determining responder reception characteristic information; and sending a second signal to the initiator node; in the initiator node, measuring and storing, the second signal signal level and second signal initiator noise level; and sending a third signal to the responder node; in both the initiator node and the responder node, determining a subsequent data transmit signal power and data rate; and transmitting data at the subsequent data transmit signal power and data rate.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.Inventors: Garold Bruce Gaskill, Sherman Leon Gavette, Carl Mansfield
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Publication number: 20030117984Abstract: A method of securing the channel by a QoS manager in an ad hoc network having a contention protocol including a normal priority resolution period having multiple priority resolution slots therein, wherein the contention protocol includes plural contention state slots, and wherein plural devices content for transmission time on the network by transmitting priority resolution symbols during a priority resolution period, including defining a QoS manager constructed and arranged to compete with the plural devices on the network; and providing an extended priority resolution slot for transmission of a priority resolution symbol at the end of the normal priority resolution period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2001Publication date: June 26, 2003Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventor: Sherman Leon Gavette
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Publication number: 20020054577Abstract: A method of power control for use in a communications network having plural transceiver communications nodes therein, including, in an initiator node, transmitting a first signal at a first power level to a responder node; in the responder node, measuring and storing, a first signal level for the first signal and a first signal responder noise level; determining responder reception characteristic information; and sending a second signal to the initiator node; in the initiator node, measuring and storing, the second signal signal level and second signal initiator noise level; and sending a third signal to the responder node; in both the initiator node and the responder node, determining a subsequent data transmit signal power and data rate; and transmitting data at the subsequent data transmit signal power and data rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventors: Garold Bruce Gaskill, Sherman Leon Gavette, Carl Mansfield