Ronald A Lambert

US Patent:

6442529, Aug 27, 2002

Filed:

Jul 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/364622

Inventors:

Baldev Krishan - Fremont CA
Leo Chien Chang - Santa Clara CA
Ronald G. Lambert - Milpitas CA

Assignee:

Novaweb Technologies, Inc. - Fremont CA

International Classification:

G06F 1760

US Classification:

705 14, 705 32, 705400

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods are provided for subsidizing Internet access through advertising using a âportal providerâ that supplies a âmini-portalâ to the users of selected Internet service providers (ISPs). The mini-portal includes communications hardware, for connecting to the Internet, and display software, for displaying advertisements or other messages from local non-volatile storage during idle time, such as when the users computer is connecting to the Internet. Advertisers are sold access to display their advertisements through the display software, and the revenue thus generated may be used to subsidize providing the mini-portal and Internet access fees. A validation mechanism is provided wherein a validation server operated by the portal provider sends data to the mini-portal that helps keep the advertisements current, and gives the portal provider an ongoing role in providing advertisements to mini-portal users.

US Patent:

20120320450, Dec 20, 2012

Filed:

Jun 17, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/163102

Inventors:

Andrei STARODOUMOV - Cupertino CA, US
Ronald LAMBERT - San Jose CA, US
Michael SNADDEN - Sunnyvale CA, US
Andreas DIENING - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Coherent, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H01S 3/067

US Classification:

3593411

Abstract:

A fiber-MOPA includes a seed-pulse source followed by fiber amplifier stages. The seed pulse source delivers signal pulses for performing a laser operation and delivers radiation between the seed pulses to maintain the collective average of the seed pulse power and intermediate radiation power constant. Keeping this average power constant keeps the instantaneous available gain of the fiber amplifier stages constant. This provides that the seed pulse delivery can be changed from one regime to a next without a period of instability between the regimes.