Patents by Inventor Clive Holborow

Clive Holborow 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).

  • Multi-Address Message Addressing
    Publication number: 20090165074
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for dynamic management of a plurality of integrated receiver decoders (IRDs) based implicitly on the uplink's knowledge of an identity pre-assigned to each IRD. Thus, the IRD association or other IRD configurations may be maintained by a uplink controller and need not be disseminated to each IRD a priori. This eliminates the need to expend network bandwidth and extra time to send out IRD configurations to individual IRDs prior to commanding or controlling the IRDs as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik Elstermann, Hardys Eggum, Clive Holborow
  • Method and apparatus for processing a return path signal
    Publication number: 20060239176
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a return path signal transmitted from a user device is described. In one example, an apparatus receives, and subsequently decodes, a return path signal that is transmitted from a user device. From the decoded signal, the type of user device transmitting the return path signal is determined. The apparatus then routes the return path signal to a media access control (MAC) processor that is specifically designed to process return path signals transmitted from the determined type of user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: William Garrison, Clive Holborow, Gerard White
  • Method and system for multiplexing DOCSIS data into an MPEG transport stream
    Publication number: 20050175040
    Abstract: A method for multiplexing DOCSIS data into an MPEG data stream includes synchronizing an MPEG system clock and a DOCSIS system clock, multiplexing a DOCSIS data stream into an MPEG Transport Stream while preserving the accuracy of a number of MPEG program clock reference (PCR) values, transmitting the multiplexed Transport Stream, receiving the multiplexed Transport Stream in a receiving device, recovering the MPEG PCR values, and generating a DOCSIS clock based on the MPEG PCR values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventor: Clive Holborow
  • Method and apparatus for determining antenna pointing parameters in a satellite receiver
    Patent number: 6268826
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for aiming a satellite antenna at a target satellite allow a user to enter a commonly known geographic designator, such as a ZIP Code. From the ZIP Code the longitude and latitude of the antenna is determined. The user also inputs the longitude of the target satellite or the name of the satellite, from which the longitude is looked-up. The system also references a model of variation in Earth's magnetic field so as to determine the variance at the antenna's location and correct the aiming parameters for that variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schmidt, Jim King, Fred Hardy, Clive Holborow