US 9,292,475 B1Granted

Method and system for processing information

AssigneeGlooko Inc.

InventorsRonald C. Crane, Evan A. Green, Daniel S. Sherbeck, Michael Ortiz

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing information includes receiving electronic information at a second device from a first device, where the received electronic information is sampled periodically, resulting in a plurality of numerical data value samples. The data value samples are analyzed within the receiver to determine slope transitions within the data which are interpreted as high and low transitions representative of bit transitions ordinarily seen in the transmission of digital data. The bit transitions are then converted into a receiving device appropriate usable and readable form, such as bytes (8 bits each) or groups of bytes, as needed. Data bytes may be commands, information, or other indicators useful to the receiving device.

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Dependent claims

A method for transforming data comprising:

receiving electronic information at a second device from a first device, the electronic information comprising a plurality of numerical data value samples representing successive periodic samples taken of an incoming signal, the sampling performed at sampling intervals, each sampling interval separated by sampling periods;
analyzing the data value samples, by the second device, to determine a first point, the first point being an earliest sampling point at which an absolute value of a first rate of change of data value samples reflected over one or more successive sampling periods first exceeds a predetermined slope threshold;
analyzing the data value samples, by the second device, to determine a second point taken later in time than the first point, the second point being an earliest sampling point at which an absolute value of a second rate of change of the data value samples reflected over one or more successive sampling periods is first below the predetermined slope threshold;
analyzing the data value samples, by the second device, to determine a third point taken later in time than the second point, the third point being an earliest sampling point at which an absolute value of a third rate of change of data value samples reflected over one or more successive sampling periods first exceeds the predetermined slope threshold;
analyzing, by the second device, the data value samples to determine a fourth point taken later in time than the third point, the fourth point being an earliest point at which an absolute value of a rate of change of data value samples reflected over one or more successive sampling periods falls below the predetermined slope threshold;
determining, by the second device, a number of bits of information that have been detected between the first and fourth points.

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A system for transforming data comprising:

one or more computing processors;
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one or more memories coupled to the one or more computing processors, the one or more memories having stored therein instructions which when executed by the one or more computing processors perform a process comprising:
receiving electronic information from a first device, the electronic information comprising a plurality of numerical data value samples representing successive periodic samples taken of an incoming signal, the sampling performed at sampling intervals each sampling interval separated by sampling periods;
analyzing the data value samples to determine a first point, the first point being an earliest sampling point at which an absolute value of a first rate of change of data value samples reflected over one or more successive sampling periods first exceeds a predetermined slope threshold;
analyzing the data value samples to determine a second point taken later in time than the first point, the second point being an earliest sampling point at which an absolute value of a second rate of change of the data value samples reflected over one or more successive sampling periods is first below the predetermined slope threshold;
analyzing the data value samples to determine a third point taken later in time than the second point, the third point being an earliest sampling point at which an absolute value of a third rate of change of data value samples reflected over one or more successive sampling periods first exceeds the predetermined slope threshold;
analyzing the data value samples to determine a fourth point taken later in time than the third point, the fourth point being an earliest point at which an absolute value of a rate of change of data value samples reflected over one or more successive sampling periods falls below the predetermined slope threshold;
determining a number of bits of information that have been detected between the first and fourth points.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.