Patents by Inventor Phillip Hester

Phillip Hester 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).

  • Communication network with divisible auxilliary channel allocation
    Patent number: 5355374
    Abstract: A communication network having a master and a plurality of remotes, these remotes supporting a plurality of co-services, in which access to inbound frequencies among the remotes is shared. When a need by a remote for an extraordinary amount of bandwidth is detected, a reserved spillover frequency from a set of frequencies is reserved for that remote. This bandwidth is reallocated when the need for extraordinary bandwidth for that remote has ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Hester, William Highsmith, Don McDaniel, Alan Lusk
  • Method and apparatus for channel allocation integrity in a communication network
    Patent number: 5349580
    Abstract: A communication network having a master and a plurality of remotes, these remotes supporting a plurality of co-services, in which access to inbound frequencies among the remotes is shared. When a need by a remote for an extraordinary amount of bandwidth is detected, a reserved spillover frequency from a set of frequencies is reserved for that remote. This bandwidth is reallocated when the need for extraordinary bandwidth for that remote has ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Hester, William Highsmith