Patents by Inventor David Brouda

David Brouda 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).

  • RF/IP virtual channel mapping for a digital video receiver
    Patent number: 8826339
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs for implementing radio frequency (RF) and Internet Protocol (IP) virtual channel maps (VCM) in an integrated RF/IP digital video receiver (DVR) are provided. One embodiment comprises a method for managing virtual channel information in an integrated RF/IP digital video receiver. One such method comprises: receiving a data set associated with at least one IP transport stream; determining at least one virtual channel number (VCN) and at least one corresponding delivery parameter associated with the IP transport stream; and associating the VCN with the delivery parameter in a virtual channel map (VCM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventor: David Brouda
  • RF/IP Virtual Channel Mapping for a Digital Video Reciever
    Publication number: 20090165066
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs for implementing radio frequency (RF) and Internet Protocol (IP) virtual channel maps (VCM) in an integrated RF/IP digital video receiver (DVR) are provided. One embodiment comprises a method for managing virtual channel information in an integrated RF/IP digital video receiver. One such method comprises: receiving a data set associated with at least one IP transport stream; determining at least one virtual channel number (VCN) and at least one corresponding delivery parameter associated with the IP transport stream; and associating the VCN with the delivery parameter in a virtual channel map (VCM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Brouda
  • System and method for efficient addition of network resources
    Publication number: 20060045086
    Abstract: A system and method for efficiently adding a new network resource to a digital video network, without the need to purchase costly ancillary network hardware or extensive manual configuration, is disclosed. The inventive system and method provide for a loop-through for adding new resources to a digital video network. The present invention provides for the resources to be daisy chained from the network switch, where each resource is configured simply as either a loop-through (“LT”) resource or the “last” resource in the daisy chain. Then, only upstream traffic with Media Access Control (“MAC”) addresses of upstream LT resources are transmitted out of the loop-through by the last network resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Mack, Scott Randell, David Brouda