Patents by Inventor Alpna Jain

Alpna Jain 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).

  • Full service network having distributed architecture
    Patent number: 6041056
    Abstract: A video distribution network having an architecture that distributes video services over a greater serving area. The broadcast consolidation section receives broadband data from a plurality of information providers, preferably as compressed, digital signals using asynchronous transfer mode ATM transport. The broadcast consolidation section combines the ATM streams from different information providers and outputs a consolidated signal onto a transport ring. The broadcast ring supplies the consolidated broadcast signal to a plurality of video network hubs, each of which downloads the consolidated broadcast data, converts the consolidated broadcast data to motion picture experts group MPEG data on an RF carrier, and combines the RF signal with other RF signals before transmission by optical fiber to a plurality of local video access nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Bigham, Dave Little, Edward C. Mihm, Kamran Sistanizadeh, Bahman Amin-Salehi, Alpna Jain, Regina Lightfoot, Ulric E. Arthur
  • Full service network having distributed architecture
    Patent number: 5684799
    Abstract: A video distribution network having an architecture that distributes video services over a greater serving area. The broadcast consolidation section receives broadband data from a plurality of information providers, preferably as compressed, digital signals using asynchronous transfer mode ATM transport. The broadcast consolidation section combines the ATM streams from different information providers and outputs a consolidated signal onto a transport ring. The broadcast ring supplies the consolidated broadcast signal to a plurality of video network hubs, each of which downloads the consolidated broadcast data, converts the consolidated broadcast data to motion picture experts group MPEG data on an RF carrier, and combines the RF signal with other RF signals before transmission by optical fiber to a plurality of local video access nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Bigham, Dave Little, Edward C. Mihm, Kamran Sistanizadeh, Bahman Amin-Salehi, Alpna Jain, Regina Lightfoot, Ulric E. Arthur