Patents by Inventor Brian Francis SULLIVAN

Brian Francis SULLIVAN 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).

  • RECEIVERS FOR TELEVISION SIGNALS
    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
  • RECEIVERS FOR TELEVISION SIGNALS
    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