Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Adcock

Timothy A. Adcock 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).

  • Apparatus and method for consumer-oriented distribution of information processing capability
    Patent number: 8473569
    Abstract: In order to provide a home user with cost-effective PC processing capability, the home user is provided with a terminal which has only sufficient processing capability to communicate with a service provider over a network. Any processing and program execution is performed, in response to requests from the home user's terminal, by the service provider and the results are returned to the terminal. In addition to the processing capability, data is stored in the service provider. Because the processing and data storage is performed by the service provider, changes to the programs and/or hardware can the confined to the processing resources of the service provider. In addition, the service provider can be provided with virus and hacking protection, protection that will then not be necessary for the home user's terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Bradley K. Lane, Lisa A. Ferrera, Pascal Dorster, Timothy A. Adcock, Gene A. Frantz
  • Method and apparatus for eliminating unwanted objects from a streaming image
    Patent number: 8340351
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for eliminating unwanted objects in a streaming image. The method includes recognizing unwanted objects in a streaming image and eliminating the recognized unwanted objects from the streaming image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Timothy A. Adcock
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING UNWANTED OBJECTS FROM A STREAMING IMAGE
    Publication number: 20110002542
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for eliminating unwanted objects in a streaming image. The method includes recognizing unwanted objects in a streaming image and eliminating the recognized unwanted objects from the streaming image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Timothy A. Adcock
  • Apparatus and method for consumer-oriented distribution of information processing capability
    Publication number: 20060190556
    Abstract: In order to provide a home user with cost-effective PC processing capability, the home user is provided with a terminal which has only sufficient processing capability to communicate with a service provider over a network. Any processing and program execution is performed, in response to requests from the home user's terminal, by the service provider and the results are returned to the terminal. In addition to the processing capability, data is stored in the service provider. Because the processing and data storage is performed by the service provider, changes to the programs and/or hardware can the confined to the processing resources of the service provider. In addition, the service provider can be provided with virus and hacking protection, protection that will then not be necessary for the home user's terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Bradley Lane, Lisa Ferrera, Pascal Dorster, Timothy Adcock, Gene Frantz