Anand Valavi

7024224, Apr 4, 2006

Mar 5, 2002

10/092048

Thomas W. Kuehnel - Fremont CA, US
Anand Valavi - Davis CA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04B 1/38

455557, 455558, 455559

A radio module that detachably connects with a host device. A radio module is provided that includes an antenna as an integral part of the radio module. The antenna satisfies regulatory requirements by being an integral part of the radio module. The radio module includes an interface circuit that provides the processing required for communication over a wireless network. The functionality of the interface can be divided between the radio module and the host device. The physical interface between a host device and the radio module may depend on which functions are implemented by the radio module and which functions are implemented by the host device. In one example, the physical interface is a standard connection that permits the radio module to be detachably connected with multiple devices. The radio module also includes a flexible cable such that the radio module can be optimally positioned within the wireless network.

7039712, May 2, 2006

Oct 16, 2002

10/272370

Anand Valavi - Sunnyvale CA, US
Thomas W. Kuehnel - Fremont CA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16

709228, 709223, 709224, 709227, 370444, 370468

A new network connection setup procedure for network computers to set up data transmission connections over a network that implements traffic prioritization (e. g. , according to IEEE 802. 1p) has the effect of providing admission control and implicit bandwidth reservation. A sending network device (the “sender”) that wants to initiate a new transmission over the network first enters a probing mode in which it sends data packets at a priority level that is lower than the target priority level and at a transmission rate up to a peak probing transmission rate that may be the same or slightly higher than the desired transmission rate. If the sender determines based on feedback regarding the probing transmission that the network can support a transmission at the peak probing transmission rate and the probing priority level, it switches to a steady mode in which it sends data packets at the desired transmission rate and at the target priority level.

7149544, Dec 12, 2006

Feb 2, 2006

11/346017

Thomas W. Kuehnel - Fremont CA, US
Anand Valavi - Davis CA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04B 1/38

455557, 455558, 455559

A radio module that detachably connects with a host device. A radio module is provided that includes an antenna as an integral part of the radio module. The antenna satisfies regulatory requirements by being an integral part of the radio module. The radio module includes an interface circuit that provides the processing required for communication over a wireless network. The functionality of the interface can be divided between the radio module and the host device. The physical interface between a host device and the radio module may depend on which functions are implemented by the radio module and which functions are implemented by the host device. In one example, the physical interface is a standard connection that permits the radio module to be detachably connected with multiple devices. The radio module also includes a flexible cable such that the radio module can be optimally positioned within the wireless network.

7180908, Feb 20, 2007

Sep 19, 2002

10/247076

Anand Valavi - Sunnyvale CA, US
Thomas Kuehnel - Fremont CA, US
Donald M. Gray - San Francisco CA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04J 3/16
H04L 12/50

370465, 370388

A switch with tandem ports and an outlet assembly permit individual segments of cable to be used with multiple data link protocol standards. The multiple data link protocols can be used either one at a time, with each group of wires in the cable carrying the same data link protocol in different communication sessions, or can be used in tandem, with each group of wires in the cable simultaneously carrying a different data link protocol.

7286806, Oct 23, 2007

Nov 3, 2005

11/266705

Thomas W. Kuehnel - Fremont CA, US
Anand Valavi - Davis CA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04B 17/00
H04B 1/10
H04B 1/38
H04M 1/00
G08B 25/08

4552263, 455557, 340692, 375222, 713320

A radio module that detachably connects with a host device. A radio module is provided that includes an antenna as an integral part of the radio module. The antenna satisfies regulatory requirements by being an integral part of the radio module. The radio module includes an interface circuit that provides the processing required for communication over a wireless network. The functionality of the interface can be divided between the radio module and the host device. The physical interface between a host device and the radio module may depend on which functions are implemented by the radio module and which functions are implemented by the host device. In one example, the physical interface is a standard connection that permits the radio module to be detachably connected with multiple devices. The radio module also includes a flexible cable such that the radio module can be optimally positioned within the wireless network.

7295548, Nov 13, 2007

Nov 27, 2002

10/306340

William Thomas Blank - Bellevue WA, US
Robert George Atkinson - Woodinville WA, US
Anand Valavi - Sunnyvale CA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04L 12/66

370352, 370487

The present invention is directed to a method and system for disaggregating and connecting A/V components, and communicating A/V content stream information. An A/V stream from a source device is packaged for transmission over an IP network to one or more output devices. A brick device enables the integration of legacy A/V systems into the network supported A/V system. The brick device operates to provide analog signal and IP protocol conversion, along with the synchronization of received A/V stream data packets. The rendering and play of the A/V stream content on multiple output devices is synchronized to overcome distortions and other network idiosyncrasy and to facilitate a pleasant user experience.

7388887, Jun 17, 2008

Aug 30, 2005

11/215481

Anand Valavi - Mountain View CA, US
Robert G. Atkinson - Woodinville WA, US
Tom Blank - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04J 3/06

370519, 370252, 370468

Real-time communication of multimedia data over heterogeneous networks that may include constant delay networks, variable delay networks that have a common reckoning of time, and variable delay networks that do not have a common reckoning of time. If there are any variable delay networks in which there is no common reckoning of time in the heterogeneous networks, a common reckoning of time is established in each of those networks. Then, a constant delay network is emulated for each variable delay network using the specific common time reckoning present in each variable delay network.

20020150053, Oct 17, 2002

Apr 17, 2001

09/836834

Donald Gray - San Francisco CA, US
Anand Valavi - Mountain View CA, US
Robert Atkinson - Woodinville WA, US
Tom Blank - Bellevue WA, US

H04L012/26
G01R031/08
G06F011/00

370/252000, 370/465000

Real-time communication of multimedia data over heterogeneous networks that may include constant delay networks, variable delay networks that have a common reckoning of time, and variable delay networks that do not have a common reckoning of time. If there are any variable delay networks in which there is no common reckoning of time in the heterogeneous networks, a common reckoning of time is established in each of those networks. Then, a constant delay network is emulated for each variable delay network using the specific common time reckoning present in each variable delay network.