Patents by Inventor Thomas K. Rowland

Thomas K. Rowland 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: 9448308
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Allan Burroughs, Yongjin Jiang, Liewei Tan, Thomas K. Rowland, Yuhua Hu
  • Patent number: 9140801
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Allan Burroughs, Thomas K. Rowland, James Douglass DeLoach, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9071936
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for determining a position of an access terminal within a wireless communication network. In some examples, the access terminal retrieves system information from its current serving cell and stores the retrieved system information in memory along with an associated timestamp. Over time, as the access terminal moves about the network, it can accumulate this system information for a plurality of base stations within its memory. By utilizing the system information for a plurality of base stations rather than only the current serving base station, as well as the associated timestamps, additional position information can be provided to the access terminal. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jyothi Jayanthi, Ashutosh S. Zade, Thomas K. Rowland, William Peckham, Han C. Suh
  • Patent number: 8948778
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Allan Burroughs, Thomas K. Rowland, James Douglass Deloach, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140357301
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Kirk Allan Burroughs, Thomas K. Rowland, James Douglass DeLoach, JR.
  • Patent number: 8797209
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Allan Burroughs, Yongjin Jiang, Liewei Tan, Thomas K. Rowland, Yuhua Hu
  • Patent number: 8700049
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for reducing an initial position uncertainty of a mobile station. In one example, although claimed subject matter is not so limited, a process to improve an initial position estimate comprises identifying the locations of a serving cell and at least one other landmark proximate to a receiver and determining an initial estimate of the location of the receiver based, at least in part, on the identified locations of the serving cell and the at least one other landmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Marc Ische, Lalitaprasad V. Daita, Thomas K. Rowland
  • Publication number: 20130231114
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for determining a position of an access terminal within a wireless communication network. In some examples, the access terminal retrieves system information from its current serving cell and stores the retrieved system information in memory along with an associated timestamp. Over time, as the access terminal moves about the network, it can accumulate this system information for a plurality of base stations within its memory. By utilizing the system information for a plurality of base stations rather than only the current serving base station, as well as the associated timestamps, additional position information can be provided to the access terminal. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Jyothi Jayanthi, Ashutosh S. Zade, Thomas K. Rowland, William Peckham, Han C. Suh
  • Publication number: 20090264136
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for reducing an initial position uncertainty of a mobile station. In one example, although claimed subject matter is not so limited, a process to improve an initial position estimate comprises identifying the locations of a serving cell and at least one other landmark proximate to a receiver and determining an initial estimate of the location of the receiver based, at least in part, on the identified locations of the serving cell and the at least one other landmark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Marc Ische, Lalitaprasad V. Daita, Thomas K. Rowland
  • Publication number: 20090066564
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Allan Burroughs, Yongjin Jiang, Liewei Tan, Thomas K. Rowland, Yuhua Hu
  • Publication number: 20090066571
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Allan Burroughs, Yongjin Jiang, Liewei Tan, Thomas K. Rowland, Yuhua Hu
  • Publication number: 20090069032
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas K. Rowland, Yongjin Jiang, Liewei Tan, Kirk Allan Burroughs, Yuhua Hu
  • Publication number: 20090069031
    Abstract: An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk Allan Burroughs, Thomas K. Rowland, James Douglass Deloach, JR.
  • Patent number: 7251467
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed relating to wireless communications. These systems and techniques involve wireless communications wherein a device may be configured to recover an information signal from a carrier using a reference signal, detect a frequency error in the information signal; and periodically tune the reference signal to reduce the frequency error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Sendonaris, Da-shan Shiu, Dominic Gerard Farmer, Jeremy H. Lin, Parvathanathan Subrahmanya, Thomas K. Rowland
  • Patent number: 6088802
    Abstract: The invention enables a peripheral device to communicate with a host computing device to enable one or more security operations to be performed by the peripheral device on data stored within the host computing device, data provided from the host computing device to the peripheral device (which can then be, for example, stored in the peripheral device or transmitted to yet another device), or data retrieved by the host computing device from the peripheral device (e.g., data that has been stored in the peripheral device, transmitted to the peripheral device from another device or input to the peripheral device by a person). In particular, the peripheral device can be adapted to enable, in a single integral peripheral device, performance of one or more security operations on data, and a defined interaction with a host computing device that has not previously been integrated with security operations in a single integral device. The defined interactions can provide a variety of types of functionality (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Spyrus, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Bialick, Mark J. Sutherland, Janet L. Dolphin-Peterson, Thomas K. Rowland, Kirk W. Skeba, Russell D. Housley
  • Patent number: 6003135
    Abstract: The invention enables a modular, typically portable, device to communicate with a host computing device to enable one or more security operations to be performed by the modular device on data stored within the host computing device, data provided from the host computing device to the modular device (which can then be, for example, stored in the modular device or transmitted to yet another device), or data retrieved by the host computing device from the modular device (e.g., data that has been stored in the modular device, transmitted to the modular device from another device or input to the modular device by a person). In particular, the modular device can include a security module that is adapted to enable performance of one or more security operations on data, and a target module that is adapted to enable a defined interaction with a host computing device. The target module can be embodied by any of a variety of modules having different types of functionality (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Spyrus, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Bialick, Mark J. Sutherland, Janet L. Dolphin-Peterson, Thomas K. Rowland, Kirk W. Skeba, Russell D. Housley