Patents by Inventor Ahmad C. Ansari

Ahmad C. Ansari 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).

  • Patent number: 12093394
    Abstract: Some examples described herein provide for securely booting a heterogeneous integration circuitry apparatus. In an example, an apparatus (e.g., heterogeneous integration circuitry) includes a first portion and a second portion of one or more entropy sources on a first component and a second component, respectively. The apparatus also includes a key generation circuit communicatively coupled with the first portion and the second portion to generate a key encrypted key based on a first set of bits output by the first portion and a second set of bits output by the second portion. The apparatus also includes a key security circuit to generate, based on the key encrypted key and an encrypted public key stored at the apparatus, a plaintext public key to be used by a boot loader during a secure booting operation for the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: Aman Gupta, James D. Wesselkamper, James Anderson, Nader Sharifi, Ahmad R. Ansari, Sagheer Ahmad, Brian C. Gaide
  • Publication number: 20240281537
    Abstract: Some examples described herein provide for securely booting a heterogeneous integration circuitry apparatus. In an example, an apparatus (e.g., heterogeneous integration circuitry) includes a first portion and a second portion of one or more entropy sources on a first component and a second component, respectively. The apparatus also includes a key generation circuit communicatively coupled with the first portion and the second portion to generate a key encrypted key based on a first set of bits output by the first portion and a second set of bits output by the second portion. The apparatus also includes a key security circuit to generate, based on the key encrypted key and an encrypted public key stored at the apparatus, a plaintext public key to be used by a boot loader during a secure booting operation for the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Aman GUPTA, James D. WESSELKAMPER, James ANDERSON, Nader SHARIFI, Ahmad R. ANSARI, Sagheer AHMAD, Brian C. GAIDE
  • Patent number: 10142182
    Abstract: A method includes, in response to determining that a transmission parameter of a communication received from a particular network device does not satisfy a bandwidth threshold indicated by a transmission rule, modifying the transmission parameter based on the transmission rule to produce a modified parameter. The particular network device is associated with a particular transmission rule that includes a particular data rate of network resources. The method includes applying the modified parameter to the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven M. Wollmershauser, Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Patent number: 10085054
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request for media content at a residential gateway from a device coupled to the residential gateway and sending a media content request to a server based on the request. The method includes receiving a video data stream of the media content at the residential gateway. Data packets of the video data stream enable generation of the media content at a first resolution. A first subset of the data packets include tags that enable identification of particular data packets usable to generate the media content at a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution. The method also includes determining a display characteristic of a display device coupled to the device and sending the particular data packets to the device when the display characteristic indicates that the device is to receive the media content at the second resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    Inventors: Ahmad C. Ansari, Dinesh Nadarajah, David Bruce Hartman
  • Patent number: 9756388
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presentation device having a controller that performs operations including enabling a supply of power to a portable battery operated device from a presentation port where the presentation port is a high definition multimedia interface port by trickle charging a rechargeable battery of the portable battery operated device through the presentation port, and receiving from the portable battery operated device an audio-visual signal for presentation at the presentation device through the presentation port. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Publication number: 20160261909
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presentation device having a controller that performs operations including enabling a supply of power to a portable battery operated device from a presentation port where the presentation port is a high definition multimedia interface port by trickle charging a rechargeable battery of the portable battery operated device through the presentation port, and receiving from the portable battery operated device an audio-visual signal for presentation at the presentation device through the presentation port. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Publication number: 20160205425
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request for media content at a residential gateway from a device coupled to the residential gateway and sending a media content request to a server based on the request. The method includes receiving a video data stream of the media content at the residential gateway. Data packets of the video data stream enable generation of the media content at a first resolution. A first subset of the data packets include tags that enable identification of particular data packets usable to generate the media content at a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution. The method also includes determining a display characteristic of a display device coupled to the device and sending the particular data packets to the device when the display characteristic indicates that the device is to receive the media content at the second resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Ahmad C. Ansari, Dinesh Nadarajah, David Bruce Hartman
  • Patent number: 9369764
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presentation device having a controller that performs operations including enabling a supply of power to a portable battery operated device from a presentation port where the presentation port is a high definition multimedia interface port by trickle charging a rechargeable battery of the portable battery operated device through the presentation port, and receiving from the portable battery operated device an audio-visual signal for presentation at the presentation device through the presentation port. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP
    Inventor: Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Patent number: 9338490
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request for media content at a residential gateway from a device coupled to the residential gateway and sending a media content request to a server based on the request. The method includes receiving a video data stream of the media content at the residential gateway. Data packets of the video data stream enable generation of the media content at a first resolution. A first subset of the data packets include tags that enable identification of particular data packets usable to generate the media content at a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution. The method also includes determining a display characteristic of a display device coupled to the device and sending the particular data packets to the device when the display characteristic indicates that the device is to receive the media content at the second resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ahmad C. Ansari, Dinesh Nadarajah, David Bruce Hartman
  • Publication number: 20150195614
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presentation device having a controller that performs operations including enabling a supply of power to a portable battery operated device from a presentation port where the presentation port is a high definition multimedia interface port by trickle charging a rechargeable battery of the portable battery operated device through the presentation port, and receiving from the portable battery operated device an audio-visual signal for presentation at the presentation device through the presentation port. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Publication number: 20150135210
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request for media content at a residential gateway from a device coupled to the residential gateway and sending a media content request to a server based on the request. The method includes receiving a video data stream of the media content at the residential gateway. Data packets of the video data stream enable generation of the media content at a first resolution. A first subset of the data packets include tags that enable identification of particular data packets usable to generate the media content at a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution. The method also includes determining a display characteristic of a display device coupled to the device and sending the particular data packets to the device when the display characteristic indicates that the device is to receive the media content at the second resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Ahmad C. Ansari, Dinesh Nadarajah, David Bruce Hartman
  • Patent number: 9015787
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presentation device having a controller that performs operations including enabling a supply of power to a portable battery operated device from a presentation port where the presentation port is a high definition multimedia interface port by trickle charging a rechargeable battery of the portable battery operated device through the presentation port, and receiving from the portable battery operated device an audio-visual signal for presentation at the presentation device through the presentation port. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Patent number: 8966563
    Abstract: A system includes a signal-processing engine configured to generate a video data stream including a plurality of data packets based on a received video signal. A first subset of the plurality of data packets is usable to generate a video display of content having a first quality and all of the plurality of data packets are usable to generate a second video display of the content having a second quality. The second quality is higher than the first quality. The signal-processing engine is further configured to distinguish the first subset of the plurality of data packets from other data packets of the plurality of data packets by applying a tag to particular data packets to form tagged data packets. The system also includes a transmitter coupled to the signal-processing engine and configured to transmit the plurality of data packets of the video data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ahmad C. Ansari, Dinesh Nadarajah, David Bruce Hartman
  • Patent number: 8904468
    Abstract: A set-top box (STB) of a television system receives web-based content, such as a web page, from a wide area network such as the Internet. The web-based content is provided to the STB for display. In response to an instruction, the STB provides all or a portion of the web-based content to a printer for printing. The printer can be connected to the STB via a network or through a computer connected to the STB on the same network. By providing an option to print the web-based content, the usefulness of the content is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Ahmad C. Ansari, Pierre Costa
  • Publication number: 20140230005
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presentation device having a controller that performs operations including enabling a supply of power to a portable battery operated device from a presentation port where the presentation port is a high definition multimedia interface port by trickle charging a rechargeable battery of the portable battery operated device through the presentation port, and receiving from the portable battery operated device an audio-visual signal for presentation at the presentation device through the presentation port. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Publication number: 20130272316
    Abstract: A method includes, in response to determining that a transmission parameter of a communication received from a particular network device does not satisfy a bandwidth threshold indicated by a transmission rule, modifying the transmission parameter based on the transmission rule to produce a modified parameter. The particular network device is associated with a particular transmission rule that includes a particular data rate of network resources. The method includes applying the modified parameter to the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Steven M. Wollmershauser, Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Patent number: 8553113
    Abstract: A digital image capturing system and method are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a processing engine that performs digital image processing functions like noise reduction, gain control, white balance and others. In one embodiment, the image capturing system may have a first image sensor operable to capture a first view of a scene and a second image sensor operable to capture a second and different view of the scene. A selector may be employed to selectively route either the first view information or the second view information onto the processing engine. In preferred embodiments, the sensors may be CMOS sensors and, as such, relatively inexpensive. By allowing two inexpensive sensors to share image processing electronics, an image capturing system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may be able to offer compelling functional characteristics at a reasonable price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ahmad C. Ansari, Donald Kevin Reynolds, Jr., David Bruce Hartman
  • Patent number: 8488451
    Abstract: A system and method of networking with configurable data mapping is disclosed. Data mapping can be utilized to match data transmission types with devices that can efficiently utilize the data transmission type. In one configuration, the data mapping teachings disclosed herein may be utilized to increase the processing efficiency of a home network and insure correct programming is allowed to pass to the correct device by applying a set of data transmission rules to data transmissions between a residential gateway and it's clients. An exemplary method may include receiving a communication at a residential gateway from a client and identifying the client or the source of the transmission. The client may be identified by recognizing one or more of a data transmission type, a client identifier embedded in the transmission, and an identification of a network device hosting the client. The identification may, in some cases, be made automatically upon reception of a data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Steven M. Wollmershauser, Ahmad C. Ansari
  • Patent number: 8443406
    Abstract: A device that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to provide low loss connectivity to a plurality of coaxial ports over a broadband range of frequencies in a coaxial network providing Ethernet networking, detune secondary coaxial splitters in the coaxial network that reduces an output-to-output isolation loss among secondary coaxial splitter output ports, and enable re-distribution of modulated radio frequency video signals from a point on the coaxial network to any alternative point on the coaxial network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Vernon Reed, Ahmad C. Ansari, David Rackley
  • Patent number: 8406241
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a centralized broadband gateway for a wireless communication system, including: a router/gateway module which receives encoded compressed audio/video (A/V) streams and distributes the encoded compressed audio/video A/V streams; multiple audio/video decoders which receive the encoded compressed A/V streams from the a router/gateway module, decode the encoded compressed A/V streams, and output uncompressed A/V streams; and an integrated Wireless High Definition Multimedia Interface (WHDMI) which receives the uncompressed A/V streams from the multiple audio/video decoders and transmits the uncompressed A/V streams wirelessly to media devices, without deploying individual media processors at each media device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Ahmad C. Ansari