Patents by Inventor William M. Balisteri

William M. Balisteri 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).

  • Maximal bit packing method
    Patent number: 6067034
    Abstract: A method of mapping a substring of a bit stream to a symbol selected from a set of symbols, comprising: determining if the numeric value of an n bit substring of the bit stream is below a threshold; selecting the symbol from a first subset of symbols if the numeric value is below the threshold; selecting the symbol from a second subset if the numeric value is equal to or greater than the threshold and the next bit of the bit stream is a 0; and, selecting the symbol from a third subset if the numeric value is equal to or greater than the threshold and the next bit of the bit stream is a 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Vocal Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Frederic J. Hirzel, Victor Demjanenko, William M. Balisteri