Patents by Inventor Philip Stanley Bednarz

Philip Stanley Bednarz 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).

  • Data processor having controlled scalable input data source and method thereof
    Patent number: 6404776
    Abstract: A multimedia communication arrangement processes and multiplexes different types of data, including data from an adaptive data rate data source and a nonadaptive data rate data source, to substantially increase data throughput over a communication channel. The rate at which data is collected from the adaptive data rate data source varies based on the available channel bandwidth of the modem. The transmission rate is optionally adjusted in response to a detected error rate. Furthermore, the amount of filtering performed by a video camera on an image before the image is encoded by a codec can be adjusted. In addition, a data recovery terminal optionally selectively adjusts intervals at which received audio data is sampled to potentially reduce latency periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: 8 × 8, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Augustin Voois, Barry Dean Andrews, Truman Joe, Philip Stanley Bednarz
  • Data processor having controlled scalable input data source and method thereof
    Patent number: 6026097
    Abstract: A multimedia communication system processes and multiplexes different types of data, including data from an adaptive data rate data source and a nonadaptive data rate data source, to substantially increase data throughput over a communication channel. The system includes: a first data source, responsive to a control signal, including a video image processor constructed to capture images and to present the images as a first type of data at a rate determined as a function of the control signal; at least one additional data source generating at least one additional data signal; a data signal processor that determines an available bandwidth factor for the communication channel, generates the control signal in response to this factor, collects the first type of data at a rate that varies in response to the available channel bandwidth of the modem, and collects the at least one additional type of data at at least one established rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: 8 x 8, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Augustine Voois, Barry Dean Andrews, Truman Joe, Philip Stanley Bednarz