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Nathan J. Smith
Nathan J. Smith, Oxford GB
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| 20110006996 | PRIVATE DATA ENTRY - A device and method for creating a private entry display on a touchscreen is provided, wherein the touchscreen includes a plurality of touch cells corresponding to spatial locations on the touchscreen. A graphical user interface is generated for display on the touchscreen for a predefined operation, the graphical user interface including a plurality of input zones. A characteristic of the graphical user interface as displayed on the touchscreen for the predefined operation is alter in order to change the touch cells associated with the graphical user interface. The altered user interface then is displayed on the touchscreen. | 01-13-2011 |
Nathan J. Smith, Urbana, IL US
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| 20100189046 | REACTIVE SCHEDULING METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION LINKS IN A WIRELESS OFDMA SYSTEM - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for scheduling resources in Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communication networks for “direct link” or peer-to-peer communications among stations operating therein so that OFDMA resources can be allocated to a transmitter station for a peer-to-peer communication session with a receiver station such that near-far issues caused by peer-to-peer communication are reduced/avoided. The disclosed technologies can prevent peer-to-peer communication links using different sub-channels within the same time slot from creating near-far issues for other receiver stations that are within communication range. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100189048 | PROACTIVE SCHEDULING METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION LINKS IN A WIRELESS OFDMA SYSTEM - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for scheduling resources in Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communication networks for “direct link” or peer-to-peer communications among stations operating therein so that OFDMA resources can be allocated to a transmitter station for a peer-to-peer communication session with a receiver station such that near-far issues caused by peer-to-peer communication are reduced/avoided. The disclosed technologies can prevent peer-to-peer communication links using different sub-channels within the same time slot from creating near-far issues for other receiver stations that are within communication range. | 07-29-2010 |
Nathan J. Smith, Crystal Lake, IL US
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| 20090034432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION WITHIN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method of resource allocation within a communication system is provided. A communication system comprises a plurality of nodes operating in a first architecture network mode, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of nodes are reconfigured to operate in a second architecture network mode in response to a change in one or more network performance requirements. When the plurality of nodes are operating in a distributed architecture network mode, at least a portion of the plurality of nodes are reconfigured to operate in a clustered architecture network mode in response to an increase in one or more network performance requirements. When the plurality of nodes are operating in a clustered architecture network mode, at least a portion of the plurality of nodes are reconfigured to operate in a distributed architecture network mode in response to a decrease in one or more network performance requirements. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090116430 | SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MOBILE COVERAGE EXTENSION AND PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONS IN AN AD HOC NETWORK AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR - A method for enabling mobile coverage extension and peer-to-peer communications in an ad hoc network is provided. The method includes communicating at least one message among the plurality of nodes, wherein the at least one message comprises: an ad hoc zone, wherein the ad hoc zone comprises at least one channel selected from a group of channels comprising: at least one synchronization channel for synchronizing out of coverage nodes, at least one access channel for peer-to-peer communications, and at least one ad hoc relay data/traffic channel for exchanging data during data sessions between one or more nodes. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090257413 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and system for facilitating channel measurements in a communication network is disclosed. The method includes contending for a control channel to reserve a logical subchannel of a data channel. The control channel operates in a first frequency band and the data channel operates in a second frequency band. Further, the method includes sending an announce message on the control channel for announcing a reservation at a particular time period of the logical subchannel of the data channel when the contention for the control channel is successful, sending a channel sense message on the logical subchannel of the data channel at the particular time period to facilitate at least one other node to perform channel measurements based on the channel sense message, and monitoring the data channel and performing channel measurements based on at least one other channel sense message received from the at least one other node. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100091716 | METHOD TO QUITE CONSECUTIVE NARROW BAND CHANNELS - A method and apparatus for quieting multiple channels is provided herein. During operation, transmission activity on each channel is analyzed and a best band is identified. Once the band is chosen, a wideband transmitter is utilized to transmit simultaneous reservation messages on consecutive channels simultaneously. Because a wideband transmitter is used to transmit simultaneous reservation messages on multiple consecutive channels, the above procedure quickly quiets multiple channels while minimizing the reservation duration of all channels as a result of quieting the channels. | 04-15-2010 |
Nathan J. Smith, Oxfordshire GB
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| 20090279023 | LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL AND A DISPLAY - A liquid crystal cell ( | 11-12-2009 |
Nathan J. Smith, Savoy, IL US
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| 20110149812 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES OPERATING WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A subscriber station (SS) utilizes uplink resources that have been assigned to it for communicating with an infrastructure station to exchange data with a neighboring SS while maintaining its link to the infrastructure station. This is accomplished by the SS receiving an uplink allocation from the infrastructure station, transmitting a subscriber-to-infrastructure station header and trailer to the infrastructure station using the modulation and coding scheme (MCS) assigned by the infrastructure station and also transmitting a subscriber-to-subscriber (S2S) message payload, optionally using a second MCS level appropriate for the link between itself and the receiving SS. The subscriber to infrastructure station message is composed so that it occupies the first m codewords and contains a header that describes the length of the subscriber to infrastructure station message. The subscriber to infrastructure station message, then, is followed by the S2S message, composed to occupy the remaining symbols of the allocation. | 06-23-2011 |