Christopher Allen Bennett

US Patent:

6421359, Jul 16, 2002

Filed:

Oct 5, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/679957

Inventors:

Christopher J. Bennett - San Diego CA
Maximilien dOreye de Lantremange - Kraainem, BE

Assignee:

Tiernan Communications, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04J 302

US Classification:

370538, 370443

Abstract:

An elementary two-stream transport multiplexer provides for the addition of services contained in a transport stream to a pre-existing transport stream. The elementary multiplexer includes a pair of transport demultiplexers, a processor and a transport remultiplexer. The demultiplexers demultiplex a pair of input transport streams to their constituent service components and service control information tables. The service control information tables are routed to the processor which combines and reconfigures the information within the tables to provide a single set of output service control information tables. The demultiplexers filter the service components based on the output service control tables. The transport remultiplexer multiplexes the output tables with the filtered streams to provide an output transport stream.

US Patent:

7839948, Nov 23, 2010

Filed:

Nov 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/564753

Inventors:

Gordon Kent Walker - Poway CA, US
Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran - San Diego CA, US
Christopher John Bennett - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04L 27/00

US Classification:

375295, 370280, 370321, 714759

Abstract:

The disclosure is directed, to a multi-channel encoder. The multi-channel encoder is configured to generate an encoded data stream. The multi-channel encoder includes a plurality of channel encoders, and a processor configured to allocate time slots in the encoded data stream to each of the channel encoders to vary the rate of data provided by each of the channel encoders into the encoded data stream.

US Patent:

8345743, Jan 1, 2013

Filed:

Nov 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/940122

Inventors:

Fang Shi - San Diego CA, US
Christopher John Bennett - San Diego CA, US
Brian William Orr - San Diego CA, US
Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran - San Diego CA, US
Scott T. Swazey - San Diego CA, US
Amnon Silberger - San Diego CA, US
Thadi M. Nagaraj - San Diego CA, US
Gordon Kent Walker - Poway CA, US
David Brackman - San Diego CA, US
Fang Liu - San Diego CA, US
Sumeet Singh Sethi - San Diego CA, US
Ramkumar Sampathkumar - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04B 1/66

US Classification:

37524002

Abstract:

Techniques for video encoding and decoding channel switch frames (CSF) to enable acquisition and re/synchronization of the video stream while preserving compression efficiency is provided. Systems and methods to process multimedia data enabling channel switching are presented. The systems generate a CSF with one or more network adaptation layer (NAL) units as a random access point (RAP) frame. Back-to-back frames are transmitted which include the CSF and a non-RAP frame, each having the same frame ID number.

US Patent:

8451937, May 28, 2013

Filed:

Oct 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/911655

Inventors:

Gordon Kent Walker - Poway CA, US
Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran - San Diego CA, US
Christopher John Bennett - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04L 27/00

US Classification:

375295, 370280, 370321, 714759

Abstract:

The disclosure is directed to a multi-channel encoder. The multi-channel encoder is configured to generate an encoded data stream. The multi-channel encoder includes a plurality of channel encoders, and a processor configured to allocate time slots in the encoded data stream to each of the channel encoders to vary the rate of data provided by each of the channel encoders into the encoded data stream.

US Patent:

8515336, Aug 20, 2013

Filed:

Mar 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/720500

Inventors:

Bruce Collins - San Diego CA, US
Gordon Kent Walker - Poway CA, US
Jeffery N. Brown - Sa Diego CA, US
Jun Wang - San Diego CA, US
Christopher John Bennett - San Diego CA, US
Charles N. Lo - San Diego CA, US
Haipeng Jin - San Diego CA, US
Lakshminath Reddy Dondeti - San Diego CA, US
Randall Gellens - San Diego CA, US
Mark A. Maggenti - Del Mar CA, US

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04H 1/00

US Classification:

455 301, 455 302, 455 306, 725 14, 725105, 725 34

Abstract:

Disclosed are apparatus and methods operable to distribute targeted content. Additionally, disclosed are corresponding apparatus and methods operable to selectively choose and cache selected ones from among the distributed targeted content, and to further choose ones from among the cached content to present on a device. In some aspects, selective caching of content may be based upon a match between predetermined content attribute information and predetermined profile information. Further, in some aspects, an indicator is operable to trigger the selective inclusion of one or more of the cached content in a presentation of other content, which may be based on a match between a desired content attribute associated with the indicator and the respective predetermined content attribute information of the cached content.

US Patent:

8635526, Jan 21, 2014

Filed:

Dec 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/566145

Inventors:

Jun Wang - La Jolla CA, US
Bruce Collins - San Diego CA, US
Christopher John Bennett - San Diego CA, US
Charles N. Lo - San Diego CA, US
Gordon Kent Walker - Poway CA, US
Haipeng Jin - San Diego CA, US
Lakshminath Reddy Dondeti - San Diego CA, US
Randall Coleman Gellens - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715255, 715201, 715202, 715203, 715204

Abstract:

The disclosure is directed to an access terminal. The access terminal includes a display configured to enable a user to view a presentation having content, and a processing component configured to receive the presentation and select an advertisement to insert into the content of the presentation before the presentation is provided to the display for viewing by the user.

US Patent:

20040077358, Apr 22, 2004

Filed:

Oct 18, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/273482

Inventors:

Christopher Bennett - San Diego CA, US
Jeffrey McDaniel - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Togabi Technologies

International Classification:

H04B001/44
H04Q007/20

US Classification:

455/455000, 455/078000

Abstract:

Methods and systems for distributed arbitration in a push-to-talk communications system are disclosed. A server receives talk requests from user communications terminals in a push-to-talk communications system. The server generates state information based on the talk requests and delivers the state information to the user communications terminals. The user communications terminals execute a distributed arbitration algorithm to determine which user communications terminal should have possession of a communications channel among user communications terminals with simultaneously pending talk requests based on the state information.

US Patent:

20070183350, Aug 9, 2007

Filed:

Nov 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/561299

Inventors:

Gordon Walker - Poway CA, US
Christopher Bennett - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04B 7/00
G06F 15/173
H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

370310000, 455403000, 709238000

Abstract:

Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate relocating an IP buffer from a conventional location in a user device handset to a radio-access network (RAN) interface in order to reduce acquisition delay in the user device. By performing IP buffering at the transmission side of a forward link transmission, acquisition time can be reduced by approximately 5-7 seconds. Additionally, a physical layer aware encoder can be employed, which has knowledge of transmission constraints associated with, for example, a conventional DVB-H transmission protocol, and can parse streaming media into 1-second segments that can be pre-packaged in a current superframe for display at a subsequent time.