Patents Assigned to Netergy Networks
  • Data communication arrangement having variable length coding and method therefor
    Patent number: 6211801
    Abstract: A variable length coding system encodes and decodes symbols as uniquely decodable code words using an assignment scheme having a maximum code word length. According to one embodiment, a first bitstream is combined with a second bitstream to provide a resultant bitstream to be sent over a communications channel. The first bitstream represents the code words in a forward direction, and the second bitstream contains the same code words reversed and bit delayed by at least the maximum code word length. A resultant bitstream can be decoded in forward or reverse direction. The scheme is highly efficient for long blocks of data and the reversible aspect of the coding scheme improves the tolerance for errors caused by channel interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Netergy Networks
    Inventor: Bernd Girod
  • Video arrangement with remote activation of appliances and remote playback of locally captured video data
    Patent number: 6208378
    Abstract: A video unit provides remote activation of appliances and is capable of recording locally captured video data. The video unit includes an infrared transmitter that generates infrared signals to activate and/or control appliances in response to control codes, e.g. received from a remote site by the video arrangement. The video unit also includes a storage element so that locally captured video data can be stored and played back from a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Netergy Networks
    Inventors: Keith Barraclough, Bryan R. Martin
  • Multiple-mode videoconferencing arrangement
    Patent number: 6163335
    Abstract: A videoconferencing system includes a videoconferencing arrangement with the capability to automatically determine whether a videoconferencing or conventional telephone call is being initiated. In one embodiment, a portable telephone unit includes a preprogrammed memory storing codes that indicate whether a telephone number input to the telephone unit should be used to initiate a videoconferencing or conventional telephone call. If a conventional telephone call is being initiated, the video processing functions of the videoconferencing unit are not activated and the user proceeds with the conventional telephone call. If a videoconferencing call is being initiated, the videoconferencing unit establishes a data connection with a compatible device at the remote end of the communications channel and proceeds with the videoconference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Netergy Networks
    Inventor: Keith Barraclough