Patents by Inventor Curtis Knittle

Curtis Knittle 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).

  • Patent number: 9819597
    Abstract: An adaptive bit rate system for use in transmitting data at adaptable bit rates. The bit rate may be adjusted according to historical behaviors and/or past operational settings, such as but not limited to adjusting a requested bit rate to a different bit rate depending the historical behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Patent number: 9722699
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for operating an optical network terminal (ONT) during a power outage. In one embodiment, an ONT includes an opto-electrical converter operable to receive an optical signal and to convert the optical signal to a data signal, and a data processing module operable to process data from the data signal. The ONT also includes a power management unit operable to detect a power outage of a power supply, to initiate a low power mode, to terminate a portion of data processing by the data processing module based on the low power mode, to convert the optical signal to electrical power, and to maintain operation of the low power mode utilizing the electrical power. The power management unit is further operable to monitor the power supply for restoration of power, and to reinitialize the data processing module upon restoration of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sprenger, Lane Johnson, Curtis Knittle
  • Publication number: 20160182150
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for operating an optical network terminal (ONT) during a power outage. In one embodiment, an ONT includes an opto-electrical converter operable to receive an optical signal and to convert the optical signal to a data signal, and a data processing module operable to process data from the data signal. The ONT also includes a power management unit operable to detect a power outage of a power supply, to initiate a low power mode, to terminate a portion of data processing by the data processing module based on the low power mode, to convert the optical signal to electrical power, and to maintain operation of the low power mode utilizing the electrical power. The power management unit is further operable to monitor the power supply for restoration of power, and to reinitialize the data processing module upon restoration of power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Sprenger, Lane Johnson, Curtis Knittle
  • Publication number: 20160142144
    Abstract: Multi-domain scheduling for subordinate networking is contemplated. The scheduling may include controlling a terminal to facilitate interfacing an Internet Protocol (IP) network with a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) network where the P2MP network includes one or more aggregating devices to facilitate interfacing signaling with devices/units associated with one or more subordinate P2MP networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Patent number: 9264141
    Abstract: Multi-domain scheduling for subordinate networking is contemplated. The scheduling may include controlling a terminal to facilitate interfacing an Internet Protocol (IP) network with a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) network where the P2MP network includes one or more aggregating devices to facilitate interfacing signaling with devices/units associated with one or more subordinate P2MP networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Publication number: 20150162985
    Abstract: Multi-domain scheduling for subordinate networking is contemplated. The scheduling may include controlling a terminal to facilitate interfacing an Internet Protocol (IP) network with a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) network where the P2MP network includes one or more aggregating devices to facilitate interfacing signaling with devices/units associated with one or more subordinate P2MP networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Publication number: 20150089079
    Abstract: An adaptive bit rate system for use in transmitting data at adaptable bit rates. The bit rate may be adjusted according to historical behaviors and/or past operational settings, such as but not limited to adjusting a requested bit rate to a different bit rate depending the historical behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Patent number: 8904027
    Abstract: An adaptive bit rate system for use in transmitting data at adaptable bit rates. The bit rate may be adjusted according to historical behaviors and/or past operational settings, such as but not limited to adjusting a requested bit rate to a different bit rate depending the historical behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Patent number: 8819269
    Abstract: An adaptive method and system for dynamically facilitating access to higher quality content in the event transport of the higher quality content requires a greater allocation of network resources when compared to transport of the same content at a lower quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Publication number: 20120005361
    Abstract: An adaptive bit rate system for use in transmitting data at adaptable bit rates. The bit rate may be adjusted according to historical behaviors and/or past operational settings, such as but not limited to adjusted a request bit rate to a different bit rate depending the historical behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Publication number: 20120005368
    Abstract: An adaptive method and system for dynamically facilitating access to higher quality content in the event transport of the higher quality content requires a greater allocation of network resources when compared to transport of the same content at a lower quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: Curtis Knittle
  • Publication number: 20060203844
    Abstract: In optical telecommunications networks using passive optical networks (PON), an optical wavelength band called the enhancement band (1539 to 1565 nm) is typically used to carry broadcast video signals in either analog television or QAM Digital Video form. This enhancement band is used here to carry a unidirectional baseband Ethernet signal, such as Gigabit Ethernet, in the optical domain to all or a subset of subscriber premises to carry broadband services from, for instance, a video on demand distribution facility. This results in a network with all digital baseband signaling and simplifies the network architecture so as to be all Internet Protocol and/or all Ethernet compatible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Curtis Knittle, Chris Cholas