Patents by Inventor Chris Eddington

Chris Eddington has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Videophone interface arrangement and method therefor
    Patent number: 5966165
    Abstract: A videophone includes an interface that enables communication between a videophone and another type of device, such as a speech-only telephone. In one embodiment, a signal processing circuit processes video and another type of information, respectively, in parallel data paths and operates in either a non-video mode or a video mode in response to whether or not another communicatively-coupled terminal represents that it is not operable as a compatible videophone. A two-way converter circuit coupled between the signal processing circuit and the communication channel transceives the video and the other type of information as processed in the parallel data paths with the signal processing circuit, and transceives the video and the other type of information with the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: 8.times.8, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Eddington
  • Combined videophone and speakerphone
    Patent number: D436937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: 8×8, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Chris Eddington, Tracy R. Hall, Bryan R. Martin, Keith Barraclough
  • Personal speakerphone
    Patent number: D437839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: 8×8, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Chris Eddington, Tracy R. Hall, Bryan R. Martin, Keith Barraclough
  • Videophone
    Patent number: D435525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: 8.times.8, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Chris Eddington, Tracy R. Hall, Keith Barraclough, Bryan R. Martin