Patents by Inventor Bradley Thomas Howard

Bradley Thomas Howard 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: 11096234
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the control of a media device based upon the proximity of a wireless device. A viewable area may be mapped for one or more media devices within a premise, wherein the map of the viewable area for a media device includes one or more wireless quality parameters observed by a wireless device while the wireless device is located within an area around the media device from which a user may view content output from the media device. Based upon a comparison between wireless quality parameters currently observed by a wireless device and wireless quality parameters of a viewable area map, a determination may be made that the wireless device is within the viewable area of a media device, and the wireless device may be configured as a control device for the media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Praveen Girish, Bradley Thomas Howard, Krishna Prasad Panje
  • Patent number: 10165448
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate an automated pairing between an access point and station through a secure setup procedure. An access point may enter into an auto-connection mode after a boot of the access point, and while operating in the auto-connection mode, the access point may identify a station by retrieving attribute information carried by a probe request that is output from the station. The access point may compare the retrieved attribute information to one or more criteria attributes, and if the retrieved attribute information associated with the station matches the one or more criteria attributes, the access point may be placed into a secure setup mode. While the access point is in the secure setup mode, the station from which the probe request was received may be paired with the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Bradley Thomas Howard
  • Patent number: 10033655
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate dynamic packet prioritization for delivery of content to multiple devices. Methods, systems, and computer readable media described herein are operable to prioritize packet delivery to a plurality of client devices based upon feedback received from the client devices, wherein the feedback includes buffer status information associated with the client devices. The rate of transmitting packets to a client device having a stressed buffer may be increased, while the rate of transmitting packets to one or more other client devices may be decreased. Buffer status information may be received periodically or conditionally at a central device in the form of feedback messages output from one or more client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Charles Hardt, Kurt Alan Lumbatis, Bradley Thomas Howard
  • Publication number: 20180103080
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the control of a media device based upon the proximity of a wireless device. A viewable area may be mapped for one or more media devices within a premise, wherein the map of the viewable area for a media device includes one or more wireless quality parameters observed by a wireless device while the wireless device is located within an area around the media device from which a user may view content output from the media device. Based upon a comparison between wireless quality parameters currently observed by a wireless device and wireless quality parameters of a viewable area map, a determination may be made that the wireless device is within the viewable area of a media device, and the wireless device may be configured as a control device for the media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Praveen Girish, Bradley Thomas Howard, Krishna Prasad Panje
  • Publication number: 20170272951
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate an automated pairing between an access point and station through a secure setup procedure. An access point may enter into an auto-connection mode after a boot of the access point, and while operating in the auto-connection mode, the access point may identify a station by retrieving attribute information carried by a probe request that is output from the station. The access point may compare the retrieved attribute information to one or more criteria attributes, and if the retrieved attribute information associated with the station matches the one or more criteria attributes, the access point may be placed into a secure setup mode. While the access point is in the secure setup mode, the station from which the probe request was received may be paired with the access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Bradley Thomas Howard
  • Publication number: 20170070440
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate dynamic packet prioritization for delivery of content to multiple devices. Methods, systems, and computer readable media described herein are operable to prioritize packet delivery to a plurality of client devices based upon feedback received from the client devices, wherein the feedback includes buffer status information associated with the client devices. The rate of transmitting packets to a client device having a stressed buffer may be increased, while the rate of transmitting packets to one or more other client devices may be decreased. Buffer status information may be received periodically or conditionally at a central device in the form of feedback messages output from one or more client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Hardt, Kurt Alan Lumbatis, Bradley Thomas Howard
  • Patent number: 5923376
    Abstract: A method for compressing related data sets of a sequence is disclosed. The method compares domain blocks from a current frame buffer to range blocks in a previous frame buffer or vector quantization ("VQ") tables to generate codes. The method includes determining an initial codeword that represents a domain block of a current frame buffer in reference to a selected range block in a previous frame buffer. The selected range block is identified by a best measurement determined from an initial type of search performed on a first group of range blocks in the previous frame buffer. A cost factor is generated for coding the initial codeword. A first estimated cost of a codeword representing the domain block in reference to a second range block is determined. The second range block is identified by an estimated best measurement determined for a second type of search performed on a second group of range blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Iterated Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Pullen, Bradley Thomas Howard