Patents by Inventor Bill Wesley Beyers, Jr.

Bill Wesley Beyers, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus and method for processing a program guide in a digital video system
    Patent number: 7299485
    Abstract: A method of processing a packetized datastream that includes program information and ancillary information used to acquire desired program information packets. The method includes the steps of identifying a first data unit that includes channel information and identifying a plurality of second data units included with the first data unit. The plurality of second data units are of a fixed length, and thus, separated in the packetized datastream by a multiple of a fixed offset. The method further includes the step of acquiring desired second data units using the fixed offset and subsequently determining the available services associated with a program and acquiring the desired program packets from the datastream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: John William Chaney, Bill Wesley Beyers, Jr., Michael Wayne Johnson, James Edwin Hailey, Kevin Elliott Bridgewater, Michael Scott Deiss, Raymond Scott Horton