Patents by Inventor Benjamin Johnathan Freeman

Benjamin Johnathan Freeman 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: 9124935
    Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk (13) in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.
    Inventors: Xavier Willame, Nigel Bodkin, Nicholas James, Ellen Fiona Collins, Benjamin Johnathan Freeman, Brian Francis Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9113209
    Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD
    Inventors: Xavier Willame, Nigel Bodkin, Nicholas James, Ellen Fiona Collins, Benjamin Johnathan Freeman, Brian Francis Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9084017
    Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.
    Inventors: Xavier Willame, Nigel Bodkin, Nicholas James, Ellen Fiona Collins, Benjamin Johnathan Freeman, Brian Francis Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20130071092
    Abstract: A receiver for television signals receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.
    Inventors: Xavier WILLAME, Nigel BODKIN, Nicholas JAMES, Ellen Fiona COLLINS, Benjamin Johnathan FREEMAN, Brian Francis SULLIVAN
  • Publication number: 20120076472
    Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.
    Inventors: Xavier WILLAME, Nigel BODKIN, Nicholas JAMES, Ellen Fiona COLLINS, Benjamin Johnathan FREEMAN, Brian Francis SULLIVAN
  • Publication number: 20120070130
    Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.
    Inventors: Xavier WILLAME, Nigel BODKIN, Nicholas JAMES, Ellen Fiona COLLINS, Benjamin Johnathan FREEMAN, Brian Francis SULLIVAN
  • Patent number: D502468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: British Sky Broadcasting Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonathan Arnold Manley Knight, David Grant Miller, Nicholas James, Benjamin Johnathan Freeman