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William R. Gardner
Also filed as: GARDNER WILLIAM · GARDNER WILLIAM R · GARDNER WILLIAM ROBERT
37 granted patents·4 pending applications·2,841 citations·filing 1979–2015
98Inventor score
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41 records- 0199US5414796AVariable rate vocoderQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1993·Granted May 9, 1995·654 cites·48 claims
- 0297US7925203B2System and method for controlling broadcast multimedia using plural wireless network connectionsQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 12, 2011·184 cites·43 claims
- 0395US7876729B1Intersystem base station handoverQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 25, 2011·118 cites·17 claims
- 0495US5600754AMethod and system for the arrangement of vocoder data for the masking of transmission channel induced errorsQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 4, 1997·171 cites·36 claims
- 0595US4246076AMethod for producing nozzles for ink jet printersXEROX CORP·Filed 1979·Granted Jan 20, 1981·68 cites·2 claims
- 0694US7496505B2Variable rate speech codingQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 24, 2009·39 cites·32 claims
- 0794US5857147AMethod and apparatus for determining the transmission data rate in a multi-user communication systemQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 5, 1999·267 cites·6 claims
- 0891US5657420AVariable rate vocoderQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 12, 1997·157 cites·35 claims
- 0990US5778338AVariable rate vocoderQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jul 7, 1998·168 cites·8 claims
- 1089US7450963B2Low power dual processor architecture for multi mode devicesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 11, 2008·32 cites·12 claims
- 1187US6691084B2Multiple mode variable rate speech codingQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 10, 2004·108 cites·4 claims
- 1287US4901093AMethod and apparatus for printing with ink jet chambers utilizing a plurality of orificesDATAPRODUCTS CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Feb 13, 1990·44 cites·26 claims
- 1384US7136812B2Variable rate speech codingQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 14, 2006·34 cites·29 claims
- 1484US6456964B2Encoding of periodic speech using prototype waveformsQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 24, 2002·117 cites·27 claims
- 1584US5742734AEncoding rate selection in a variable rate vocoderQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 21, 1998·110 cites·22 claims
- 1683US6466803B1Multi-mode communications system with efficient oscillator synchronizationQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 15, 2002·66 cites·18 claims
- 1781US8041302B2Method and apparatus for determining the transmission data rate in a multi-user communication systemQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 18, 2011·7 cites·19 claims
- 1878US5956673ADetection and bypass of tandem vocoding using detection codesFiled 1995·Granted Sep 21, 1999·93 cites·36 claims
- 1976USD282751SFont of typeEXXON RESEARCH ENGINEERING CO·Filed 1983·Granted Feb 25, 1986·15 cites·1 claims
- 2075US4867063AMethod and apparatus for dispensing powder in a printing pressBAKER GERALD·Filed 1986·Granted Sep 19, 1989·18 cites·11 claims
- 2174US8351985B2Low power dual processor architecture for multi mode devicesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 8, 2013·2 cites·20 claims
- 2273US5995820AApparatus and method for calibration of sleep mode clock in wireless communications mobile stationLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 30, 1999·75 cites·20 claims
- 2370US7146174B2Method and apparatus for determining the transmission data rate in a multi-user communication systemQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 5, 2006·54 cites·38 claims
- 2469US8204079B2Joint transmission of multiple multimedia streamsGARDNER WILLIAM R·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 19, 2012·8 cites·35 claims
- 2569US5950120AApparatus and method for shutdown of wireless communications mobile station with multiple clocksLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 7, 1999·65 cites·5 claims
- 2668US9065884B2Joint transmission of multiple multimedia streamsGARDNER WILLIAM R·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 23, 2015·2 cites·18 claims
- 2763US4823149AInk jet apparatus employing plate-like structureDATAPRODUCTS CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Apr 18, 1989·15 cites·21 claims
- 2858US5903862AMethod and apparatus for detection of tandem vocoding to modify vocoder filteringFiled 1996·Granted May 11, 1999·37 cites·30 claims
- 2957US8275324B2Method and apparatus for predicting received signal strength in a communication systemWILBORN THOMAS B·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 25, 2012·5 cites·10 claims
- 3054US5754733AMethod and apparatus for generating and encoding line spectral square rootsQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1995·Granted May 19, 1998·31 cites·20 claims
- 3152US10855385B2System and method for controlling broadcast multimedia using plural wireless network connectionsQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 1, 2020·0 cites·33 claims
- 3252US9083475B2System and method for controlling broadcast multimedia using plural wireless network connectionsLANE RICHARD DOIL·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 14, 2015·0 cites·38 claims
- 3352US2008305831A1Multi Mode Mobile Computing DeviceQUALCOMM INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3450US8208972B2Low power dual processor architecture for multi mode devicesKRISHNAN RANGANATHAN·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 26, 2012·0 cites·16 claims
- 3550US8064409B1Method and apparatus using a multi-carrier forward link in a wireless communication systemGARDNER WILLIAM R·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 22, 2011·26 cites·35 claims
- 3649US2006005106A1Mulitmedia transmission using variable error coding rate based on data importanceLANE RICHARD D·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3747US6195041B1Reliable position location in memory limited environmentQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 27, 2001·23 cites·12 claims
- 3844US2004083417A1Multimedia transmission using variable error coding rate based on data importanceFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 3942US2004083495A1Mulitmedia transmission using variable gain amplification based on data importanceFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4040US5704001ASensitivity weighted vector quantization of line spectral pair frequenciesQUALCOMM INC·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 30, 1997·13 cites·33 claims
- 4140US5621853ABurst excited linear predictionFiled 1995·Granted Apr 15, 1997·15 cites·12 claims
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