Patents by Inventor Bruce E. Walsh

Bruce E. Walsh 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).

  • Audio conferencing system
    Patent number: 6539087
    Abstract: According to the principles of the invention, there is provided a conferencing system that dynamically assigns calls to DSP resources. The system may attempt to process each audio conference on a single DSP node, so that information about conference participants does not need to be shared across DSP nodes. Further, the mapping of call channels to resources within a DSP node may be automated so that it is transparent to a conferencing system control application. Where more than one DSP node is required for a particular conference, there is further provided a system for linking DSP nodes. There are also provided methods for managing audio conferencing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Spectel Operations, Limited
    Inventors: Bruce E. Walsh, Philip J. Baun, Jr., Robert S. Horne, Paul P. Martel, John T. Watson
  • Computer based video system
    Patent number: 5903261
    Abstract: A computer based system for displaying and compressing video including a video capture card with a video compressor and a bus interface circuit that acts as a busmaster and outputs uncompressed video and compressed video to a computer bus for display of the uncompressed video on the computer monitor and storage of the compressed video on a memory of the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Data Translation, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce E. Walsh, John Herdrich, William Smith, Mark E. Vrabel, Philip Borghesani, Christine G. Hagberg, Karen Champagne
  • Audio conferencing system
    Patent number: RE40135
    Abstract: According to the principles of the invention, there is provided a conferencing system that dynamically assigns calls to DSP resources. The system may attempt to process each audio conference on a single DSP node, so that information about conference participants does not need to be shared across DSP nodes. Further, the mapping of call channels to resources within a DSP node may be automated so that it is transparent to a conferencing system control application. Where more than one DSP node is required for a particular conference, there is further provided a system for linking DSP nodes. There are also provided methods for managing audio conferencing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: AVAYA Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Bruce E. Walsh, Philip J. Baun, Jr., Robert W. Horne, Paul P. Martel, Nonthiya Watson, John T. Watson