Patents by Inventor Christopher Donley

Christopher Donley 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).

  • Publication number: 20220174035
    Abstract: Adaptive prefix delegation that facilitates delegating prefixes from one device to another. The prefix delegation may be adaptively implemented to enable a delegating router to make decisions regarding characteristics of prefixes to be delegated. The adaptive prefix delegation may be automatically or dynamically preformed according to particularly operation capabilities of each delegating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER GRUNDEMANN, CHRISTOPHER DONLEY
  • Patent number: 10484715
    Abstract: Correction of errors within over-the-air signaling is contemplated. The error correction may include correcting over-the-air signaling used to facilitate transmitting content, broadcast television, etc. according to error correction data transmitted separately from the over-the-air signaling. A receiver may be configured to process the over-the-air signaling according to the error correction data so as to facilitate the contemplated error correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, Isaac Elliott, Thomas Williams, Belal Hamzeh
  • Patent number: 9832168
    Abstract: Facilitating service discovery and other operations across multiple local links is contemplated. The service discovery may be beneficial for use within local area networks (LANs) or other suitable multi-link or multi-segment networks where one or more of the links operates service discovery according to link-local messaging/addressing constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kloberdans, Christopher Donley
  • Patent number: 9774565
    Abstract: Configuration of firewall functionality for routers operating within a multi-router network is contemplated. The firewall functionality configured for one or more of the routers may be based router positioning within the multi-router network. The firewall functionality may be automatically selected according to the router positioning in order to facilitate dynamic and/or adaptive router configuring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, Christopher Grundemann
  • Patent number: 9749287
    Abstract: Assignment of directionality to interfaces, ports, receptacles, antennas and other input/output (I/O) employed by network devices to facilitate multi-device networking is contemplated. The directionality assignments may be used to facilitate assigning directionless and/or configurable router directionality in order to automatically, adaptively, dynamically or other otherwise facilitate inter-router connections within a multi-router network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, Christopher Grundemann
  • Publication number: 20170094315
    Abstract: Correction of errors within over-the-air signaling is contemplated. The error correction may include correcting over-the-air signaling used to facilitate transmitting content, broadcast television, etc. according to error correction data transmitted separately from the over-the-air signaling. A receiver may be configured to process the over-the-air signaling according to the error correction data so as to facilitate the contemplated error correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, Isaac Elliott, Thomas Williams, Belal Hamzeh
  • Patent number: 9521432
    Abstract: Correction of errors within over-the-air signaling is contemplated. The error correction may include correcting over-the-air signaling used to facilitate transmitting content, broadcast television, etc. according to error correction data transmitted separately from the over-the-air signaling. A receiver may be configured to process the over-the-air signaling according to the error correction data so as to facilitate the contemplated error correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, Isaac Elliott, Thomas Williams, Belal Hamzeh
  • Patent number: 9479422
    Abstract: An architecture, such as but not necessarily limited to an architecture sufficient to facilitate service discovery within a network having two or more local area networks (LANs), is contemplated. The architecture may be employed in a router, gateway or other device configured to facilitate signaling between multiple routed networks, such as to facilitate service discovery across multiple routed networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Karthik Sundaresan, Christopher Donley, Christopher Grundemann, Vikas Sarawat
  • Publication number: 20160006822
    Abstract: Facilitating service discovery and other operations across multiple local links is contemplated. The service discovery may be beneficial for use within local area networks (LANs) or other suitable multi-link or multi-segment networks where one or more of the links operates service discovery according to link-local messaging/addressing constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Kloberdans, Christopher Donley
  • Publication number: 20160006696
    Abstract: Network function virtualization (NFV) or other cloud/remote processing of packets, signals, messaging, etc. for a home network or other network desiring remote management is contemplated. A virtual platform or other feature outside of the managed network may be configured to implement various NFVs according to NFV designs. An administrator of the managed network may interact with a portal or other relatively unsophisticated interface to formulate the NFV designs, thereby eliminating or ameliorating complexities associated with the administrator having to individually program routers or other devices of the managed network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, John Berg, Michael Kloberdans
  • Publication number: 20150304684
    Abstract: Correction of errors within over-the-air signaling is contemplated. The error correction may include correcting over-the-air signaling used to facilitate transmitting content, broadcast television, etc. according to error correction data transmitted separately from the over-the-air signaling. A receiver may be configured to process the over-the-air signaling according to the error correction data so as to facilitate the contemplated error correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, Isaac Elliott, Thomas Williams, Belal Hamzeh
  • Publication number: 20150003828
    Abstract: A digital (fiber optic) link transports one or more RF digital signal blocks, that when converted into analog and (optionally) converted to a RF center frequency with an D-A converter, form RF analog signal blocks. The RF analog signal block occupies a specified frequency band and is preferably capable of being distributed over a downstream coaxial portion of a HFC network and/or being broadcast. The D-A conversion is performed in a fiber node at a remote location where the transmission medium converts from digital optical fiber preferably to coaxial cable. The multiple RF digital signal blocks may be broadcast to multiple nodes or unicast to a single node. The RF signal blocks allow for any type of band-limited RF signal to be transported. The optical digital traffic to compose a RF analog signal blocks using a D-A converter may be point-to-point Ethernet, or may utilize a software-defined networking controller such as the one described in the OpenFlow™ specification, and may use buffering as necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas H. Williams, Luis Alberto Campos, Christopher Donley
  • Publication number: 20140269703
    Abstract: An architecture, such as but not necessarily limited to an architecture sufficient to facilitate service discovery within a network having two or more local area networks (LANs), is contemplated. The architecture may be employed in a router, gateway or other device configured to facilitate signaling between multiple routed networks, such as to facilitate service discovery across multiple routed networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Karthik Sundaresan, Christopher Donley, Christopher Grundemann, Vikas Sarawat
  • Publication number: 20140108597
    Abstract: Assignment of directionality to interfaces, ports, receptacles, antennas and other input/output (I/O) employed by network devices to facilitate multi-device networking is contemplated. The directionality assignments may be used to facilitate assigning directionless and/or configurable router directionality in order to automatically, adaptively, dynamically or other otherwise facilitate inter-router connections within a multi-router network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, Christopher Grundemann
  • Publication number: 20140108627
    Abstract: Configuration of firewall functionality for routers operating within a multi-router network is contemplated. The firewall functionality configured for one or more of the routers may be based router positioning within the multi-router network. The firewall functionality may be automatically selected according to the router positioning in order to facilitate dynamic and/or adaptive router configuring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Donley, Christopher Grundemann