Patents by Inventor Constantine Sokolik

Constantine Sokolik 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).

  • Automatic time set in a television system
    Patent number: 5812205
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for automatically setting the time in a peripheral device (170) in a television system (10). In the preferred embodiment, a datastream (300) with packets of data (310-313) is broadcast to the peripheral device (170). A time value (400) within the received datastream (300) is used to set the time within the peripheral device (170). The data within the received datastream (300) also contains a cyclic redundancy check (410) which is used to determine when an error is present in the received data packet (310). The time is set in the peripheral device (170) only when the cyclic redundancy check has found no errors in the data packet (310). When needed, additional values within the received packet (310) can later be used to correct the time which has been set in the peripheral device (170).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Starsight Telecast Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth Alan Milnes, Jeffrey J. Kochy, Constantine Sokolik, Henry Perkins, III