Patents by Inventor Timothy James O'Gara

Timothy James O'Gara 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: 7574353
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus in a data processing system that includes a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication system for improving transmit and receive data paths. The communication system includes a digital signal processing unit. The digital signal processing unit includes a mandatory coder/decoder (codec) that does not include an internal packet loss concealment (PLC) function, an internal voice activity detection (VAD) function, an internal comfort noise generation (CNG) function, or an internal discontinuous transmission generation (DTX) function. The digital signal processing unit also includes an enhanced codec that includes any combination of the following modules all internal to the enhanced codec: internal packet loss concealment (PLC) function, a voice activity detection (VAD) function, a comfort noise generation (CNG) function, and a discontinuous transmission generation (DTX) function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Ramon Cid Trombetta, Timothy James O'Gara