Patents by Inventor Walker CURTIS

Walker CURTIS 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: 20210111976
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for display or graphics processing. Aspects of the present disclosure can determine a communication compatibility of one or more client devices. Further, aspects of the present disclosure can modify a user space or a kernel based on the communication compatibility of each of the one or more client devices. Additionally, aspects of the present disclosure can communicate at least some data with the one or more client devices based on the modified user space or the modified kernel. Aspects of the present disclosure can also modify the kernel based on the communication compatibility of each of the one or more client devices. Aspects of the present disclosure can also extend the kernel based on the communication compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: David ARELLANES, Ramesh CHANDRASEKHAR, Aditya DEGWEKAR, Ashwani Kumar JHA, Rohit BANDI, Walker CURTIS, Abhijeet BISAIN, Martin RENSCHLER
  • Publication number: 20190037422
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of various embodiments may improve content presentation. The systems, methods, and devices may predict a state of a presentation environment to be induced by one or more stimuli in content to be presented to one or more users in the presentation environment. The systems, methods, and devices may predict, based on the predicted state of the presentation environment, a state of at least one communication link of one or more communication links. The systems, methods, and devices may perform an action in response to the predicted state of the at least one communication link meeting one or more criteria. The action may help improve content presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan KIES, Walker CURTIS
  • Publication number: 20100064306
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable mobile TV providers to select programs for broadcast based on viewer preference indications or votes. Information regarding candidate programs or content may be broadcast and displayed on mobile devices. A voting user interface may receive viewer preferences or votes and transmit vote information to the mobile TV broadcast network using a unicast network. Received voting information may be tallied to select a program or content for broadcast. Interim vote tallies may be broadcast to mobile devices until a voting session is terminated. Results of the voting session may be broadcasted followed by broadcast of the selected program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ed O. TIONGSON, George JOSEPH, Walker CURTIS, Eitan PILIPSKI, Anthony G. PERSAUD