Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Sherer

Jeffrey A. Sherer 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).

  • Dynamically configurable system and method for transcoding streaming data and telecommunications infrastructure the same
    Patent number: 6741608
    Abstract: A dynamically configurable system and method for transcoding streaming data and a telecommunications infrastructure incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) first, second and third streaming conversion modules capable of converting data stream portions between internal data formats and (2) a transcoding controller, associated with the first, second and third streaming conversion modules, that determines source and destination data formats of the data stream and arranges ones of the first, second and third streaming conversion modules in an optimal series to convert portions of the data stream from the source data format through at least one of the internal data formats to the destination data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Bouis, Jeffrey A. Sherer