Patents by Inventor Edmund Petruzzelli
Edmund Petruzzelli 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).
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Patent number: 10034030Abstract: A field-programmable low-noise block downconverter. The low-noise block downconverter may, as part of a system install or upgrade for example, be programmed in the field to source channels containing programming to a particular television receiver based on the particular configuration of the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventor: Edmund Petruzzelli
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Patent number: 9961401Abstract: The provisioning of media content to computing devices that might not normally have access thereto. Example types of media or media content may include advertising media, broadcast media, social media, news media, and others.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Edmund Petruzzelli, David Kummer
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Patent number: 9900635Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring and utilizing solar conjunction events are presented. An occurrence of a solar conjunction event caused by the sun being substantially aligned with the satellite antenna through which a television receiver receives signals from one or more satellites may be monitored. A prediction of a future solar conjunction event based on the monitored occurrence of the solar conjunction event may then be calculated. A second occurrence of the solar conjunction event may be monitored. It may be determined that the second occurrence of the solar conjunction event does not match the calculated prediction of the future solar conjunction event within a threshold range. One or more features of the television receiver may be disabled in response to determining that the second occurrence of the solar conjunction event does not match the calculated prediction of the future solar conjunction event within the threshold range.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Henry Gregg Martch, Edmund Petruzzelli
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Publication number: 20170364065Abstract: Various systems and methods for disabling UAVs are presented. An interrogation system may transmit an identifier request message to a UAV. The interrogation system may receive, in response to the identifier request message, a response message that indicates a UAV identifier. The interrogation system may access one or more UAV identifier databases that relate UAV identifiers with airspace definitions. The interrogation system may retrieve from the one or more UAV identifier database systems an airspace definition corresponding to the UAV identifier. The interrogation system may determine that the UAV is to be disabled based on: a location of the UAV, a restricted airspace definition, and the airspace definition corresponding to the UAV identifier. The interrogation system may then transmit a disablement instruction message to the UAV based on the location of the UAV and the airspace definition corresponding to the UAV identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventor: Edmund Petruzzelli
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Publication number: 20170318353Abstract: Described are systems and methods for providing improved indoor reception of OTA (Over-the-Air) broadcast signals. The systems described include antenna systems with one or more network interfaces for providing a transport stream received by an antenna to a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Edmund Petruzzelli, Danny J. Minnick
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Publication number: 20170195701Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring and utilizing solar conjunction events are presented. An occurrence of a solar conjunction event caused by the sun being substantially aligned with the satellite antenna through which a television receiver receives signals from one or more satellites may be monitored. A prediction of a future solar conjunction event based on the monitored occurrence of the solar conjunction event may then be calculated. A second occurrence of the solar conjunction event may be monitored. It may be determined that the second occurrence of the solar conjunction event does not match the calculated prediction of the future solar conjunction event within a threshold range. One or more features of the television receiver may be disabled in response to determining that the second occurrence of the solar conjunction event does not match the calculated prediction of the future solar conjunction event within the threshold range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Henry Gregg Martch, Edmund Petruzzelli
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Patent number: 9641833Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring and utilizing solar conjunction events are presented. An occurrence of a solar conjunction event caused by the sun being substantially aligned with the satellite antenna through which a television receiver receives signals from one or more satellites may be monitored. A prediction of a future solar conjunction event based on the monitored occurrence of the solar conjunction event may then be calculated. A second occurrence of the solar conjunction event may be monitored. It may be determined that the second occurrence of the solar conjunction event does not match the calculated prediction of the future solar conjunction event within a threshold range. One or more features of the television receiver may be disabled in response to determining that the second occurrence of the solar conjunction event does not match the calculated prediction of the future solar conjunction event within the threshold range.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Henry Gregg Martch, Edmund Petruzzelli
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Publication number: 20170111696Abstract: The provisioning of media content to computing devices that might not normally have access thereto. Example types of media or media content may include advertising media, broadcast media, social media, news media, and others.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Edmund Petruzzelli, David Kummer
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Publication number: 20170041600Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring and utilizing solar conjunction events are presented. An occurrence of a solar conjunction event caused by the sun being substantially aligned with the satellite antenna through which a television receiver receives signals from one or more satellites may be monitored. A prediction of a future solar conjunction event based on the monitored occurrence of the solar conjunction event may then be calculated. A second occurrence of the solar conjunction event may be monitored. It may be determined that the second occurrence of the solar conjunction event does not match the calculated prediction of the future solar conjunction event within a threshold range. One or more features of the television receiver may be disabled in response to determining that the second occurrence of the solar conjunction event does not match the calculated prediction of the future solar conjunction event within the threshold range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Henry Gregg Martch, Edmund Petruzzelli
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Patent number: 9565474Abstract: The provisioning of media content to computing devices that might not normally have access thereto. Example types of media or media content may include advertising media, broadcast media, social media, news media, and others.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Edmund Petruzzelli, David Kummer
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Patent number: 9503714Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring the signal strength of a programming stream are presented. A tuner in a receiver may be allocated to monitor disruptions and changes to the signal strength of programming streams. Based on the characteristics of the signal strength and changes to additional data such as weather information, a cause of the disruption may be determined. The cause of the disruption may be communicated to a user. Characteristics of the disruption may be unique or localized to specific geographic locations. Based at least in part on the geographic location of a receiver characteristics of disruptions may be used to identify television receivers associated with account packing.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Henry Gregg Martch, Edmund Petruzzelli
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Publication number: 20160191913Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring the signal strength of a programming stream are presented. A tuner in a receiver may be allocated to monitor disruptions and changes to the signal strength of programming streams. Based on the characteristics of the signal strength and changes to additional data such as weather information, a cause of the disruption may be determined. The cause of the disruption may be communicated to a user. Characteristics of the disruption may be unique or localized to specific geographic locations. Based at least in part on the geographic location of a receiver characteristics of disruptions may be used to identify television receivers associated with account packing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Henry Gregg Martch, Edmund Petruzzelli
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Publication number: 20160088351Abstract: The provisioning of media content to computing devices that might not normally have access thereto. Example types of media or media content may include advertising media, broadcast media, social media, news media, and others.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Edmund Petruzzelli, David Kummer
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Publication number: 20150089548Abstract: A field-programmable low-noise block downconverter. The low-noise block downconverter may, as part of a system install or upgrade for example, be programmed in the field to source channels containing programming to a particular television receiver based on the particular configuration of the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: Edmund Petruzzelli
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Publication number: 20060048197Abstract: A band translation method and device for selecting two or more desired frequency bands of data and bandstacking the two or more desired frequency bands of data into a single output.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Applicant: EchoStar Technologies CorporationInventor: Edmund Petruzzelli
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Publication number: 20060031894Abstract: A band translation method and device for selecting two or more desired frequency bands of data and bandstacking the two or more desired frequency bands of data into a single output.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2005Publication date: February 9, 2006Applicant: Echostar Technologies CorporationInventor: Edmund Petruzzelli