Patents by Inventor Kyle Anthony Pratt

Kyle Anthony Pratt 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).

  • Software teletext decoder architecture
    Patent number: 5835153
    Abstract: An apparatus for capturing and decoding the teletext data from a television signal and displaying the teletext data, along with the video picture, in a windowing environment on the monitor of a personal computer system. The teletext data decoder retrieves the lines of teletext data stored in the frame buffer with the rest of the video frames, decodes the teletext data in software and stores the teletext characters directly in system memory for further processing and display in user-defined windows on the PC monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Anthony Pratt, Frank Xu