Patents by Inventor Thomas James Woch

Thomas James Woch 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).

  • Publication number: 20090225230
    Abstract: There are provided a method and apparatus for power management in a mobile device. The apparatus includes a mode detector and a power manager. The mode detector is for detecting a current operating mode of the mobile device. The power manager (120) is for managing a power consumption of the mobile device based on the detected current operating mode. The power manager activates or deactivates at least one digital television function of the mobile device to manage the power consumption of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Bernal Antonio Arroyo, Thomas James Woch
  • Publication number: 20090199244
    Abstract: The mobile acquisition of digital terrestrial television programs in the presence of multiple transmission areas is performed by using a combination of static topology information and dynamic information within the digital stream. Static topology of the transmission cells in a particular geographic area is used to identify potential adjacent transmission cells offering the same digital terrestrial broadcast (DTB) services. Dynamic PSI information as to a particularly frequency in an identified adjacent transmission cell is acquired and used to provide seamless transition of the DTB services to the mobile video device as they move from one transmission cell to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas James Woch, Paul Dennis Hewitt, Bernal Antonio Arroyo, Eric Andrew Dorsey
  • Publication number: 20090089831
    Abstract: There are provided a method and apparatus for generating pop screen dialog for roving devices with a terrestrial broadcast receiver. The apparatus includes a dialog generator (110) for generating dialog messages related to operations of a mobile device having a terrestrial receiver that receives digital terrestrial signals. The dialog messages are automatically generated without user prompting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas James Woch