Patents by Inventor Nicholas Angelo Nicas

Nicholas Angelo Nicas 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).

  • System and method to transmit data packets via a cellular network
    Patent number: 10356483
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a media stream at a media device and converting, at the media device, the media stream into data packets. The method includes initiating, with the media device, end-to-end connections between the media device and a receiving device via a plurality of cellular network and determining, at the media device, a quality of service factor for each cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks. The method includes selecting, at the media device, a single cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks based on the quality of service factor for each cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks. The method also includes transmitting the data packets from the media device via the single cellular network to the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas Angelo Nicas, Frank Robert Coppa, Larry Kennedy
  • System and method to transmit digital broadcast grade video via a cellular data network
    Patent number: 9762634
    Abstract: A particular method includes receiving a media stream that includes digital broadcast grade video. The method further includes compressing the media stream to form a compressed digital media stream using a Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000 compliant compression coding system. The method further includes converting the compressed digital media stream into data packets. The method further includes selecting a cellular data network from a plurality of available cellular data networks based on one or more quality of service factors. The method further includes transmitting the data packets via the cellular data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas Angelo Nicas, Frank Robert Coppa, Larry Kennedy
  • System and Method to Transmit Data Packets Via a Cellular Network
    Publication number: 20170238063
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a media stream at a media device and converting, at the media device, the media stream into data packets. The method includes initiating, with the media device, end-to-end connections between the media device and a receiving device via a plurality of cellular network and determining, at the media device, a quality of service factor for each cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks. The method includes selecting, at the media device, a single cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks based on the quality of service factor for each cellular network of the plurality of cellular networks. The method also includes transmitting the data packets from the media device via the single cellular network to the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Angelo Nicas, Frank Robert Coppa, Larry Kennedy
  • System and Method to Transmit Digital Broadcast Grade Video Via a Cellular Data Network
    Publication number: 20130265446
    Abstract: A particular method includes receiving a media stream that includes digital broadcast grade video. The method further includes compressing the media stream to form a compressed digital media stream using a Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000 compliant compression coding system. The method further includes converting the compressed digital media stream into data packets. The method further includes selecting a cellular data network from a plurality of available cellular data networks based on one or more quality of service factors. The method further includes transmitting the data packets via the cellular data network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas Angelo Nicas, Frank Robert Coppa, Larry Kennedy