Patents by Inventor Derek Alan Winters
Derek Alan Winters 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).
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Patent number: 10069632Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the remote signing of images created at a signing client. An image can be output from a signing client to a remote signing server, and the signing server can identify, from information carried by the image, one or more signatures needed by the image and/or encoding algorithm(s) to be applied to the image. The signing server can encode the image using the requested encoding algorithm(s) and/or can add requested signature(s) to the image, and the signing server can output the signed image to one or more designated targets.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Shi Jin Chen, Derek Alan Winters
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Patent number: 10069733Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate a dynamic control of a pause frame setting at a network device. A network node may monitor for and detect a link or speed change occurring at an interface. When a link or speed change is detected, the network node may take an inventory of one or more links at an associated switch. If at least one of the one or more links are high speed links, the network node may disable the output of pause frames from the network node. If none of the one or more links are high speed links, the network node may enable the output of pause frames from the network node.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Derek Alan Winters, Peter Sadrozinski
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Patent number: 9807148Abstract: This disclosure provides for automatically changing the mode of download of a download manager in a customer premise equipment device. In some implementations, the download manager can send a timeout option to a TFTP server and automatically change the mode of download based on whether a timeout option acknowledgement is received. The download manager can include a first control attribute to enable or disable automatic mode changes and/or a second control attribute to set the initial download mode of the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventor: Derek Alan Winters
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Publication number: 20170063707Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate a dynamic control of a pause frame setting at a network device. A network node may monitor for and detect a link or speed change occurring at an interface. When a link or speed change is detected, the network node may take an inventory of one or more links at an associated switch. If at least one of the one or more links are high speed links, the network node may disable the output of pause frames from the network node. If none of the one or more links are high speed links, the network node may enable the output of pause frames from the network node.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Derek Alan Winters, Peter Sadrozinski
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Patent number: 9584850Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus can provide channel scanning. In various examples, a channel scanning module can instruct scanning of multiple channels within a wideband frequency range by assigning channels to demodulators to attempt to lock onto a signal at the assigned channel. In other examples, a channel scanning module can instruct scanning for downstream channels by assigning channels to multiple narrowband tuners and multiple demodulators to attempt to lock onto a signal on the assigned channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Punit Shah, Derek Alan Winters
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Patent number: 9479827Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to distinguish between data signals and video signals based upon interleaver depths associated with the signals. A CPE device can identify an interleaver depth associated with a signal and can make the determination that the signal is a video signal when the interleaver depth is outside of a predetermined range, the predetermined range being based on interleaver depths that are expected for a data signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Derek Alan Winters
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Publication number: 20160142759Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus can provide channel scanning. In various examples, a channel scanning module can instruct scanning of multiple channels within a wideband frequency range by assigning channels to demodulators to attempt to lock onto a signal at the assigned channel. In other examples, a channel scanning module can instruct scanning for downstream channels by assigning channels to multiple narrowband tuners and multiple demodulators to attempt to lock onto a signal on the assigned channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Punit Shah, Derek Alan Winters
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Publication number: 20160112756Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to distinguish between data signals and video signals based upon interleaver depths associated with the signals. A CPE device can identify an interleaver depth associated with a signal and can make the determination that the signal is a video signal when the interleaver depth is outside of a predetermined range, the predetermined range being based on interleaver depths that are expected for a data signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventor: Derek Alan Winters
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Patent number: 9277161Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus can provide channel scanning. In various examples, a channel scanning module can instruct scanning of multiple channels within a wideband frequency range by assigning channels to demodulators to attempt to lock onto a signal at the assigned channel. In other examples, a channel scanning module can instruct scanning for downstream channels by assigning channels to multiple narrowband tuners and multiple demodulators to attempt to lock onto a signal on the assigned channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Punit Shah, Derek Alan Winters
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Publication number: 20150365466Abstract: This disclosure provides for automatically changing the mode of download of a download manager in a customer premise equipment device. In some implementations, the download manager can send a timeout option to a TFTP server and automatically change the mode of download based on whether a timeout option acknowledgement is received. The download manager can include a first control attribute to enable or disable automatic mode changes and/or a second control attribute to set the initial download mode of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventor: Derek Alan Winters
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Patent number: 9118637Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for automatically changing the mode of download of a download manager in a device are provided. The download manager can send a timeout option to a TFTP server and automatically change the mode of download based on whether a timeout option acknowledgement is received. The download manager can include a first control attribute to enable or disable sending a timeout option to the TFTP server and/or a second control attribute to set the initial download mode of the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Derek Alan Winters
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Publication number: 20150071433Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the remote signing of images created at a signing client. An image can be output from a signing client to a remote signing server, and the signing server can identify, from information carried by the image, one or more signatures needed by the image and/or encoding algorithm(s) to be applied to the image. The signing server can encode the image using the requested encoding algorithm(s) and/or can add requested signature(s) to the image, and the signing server can output the signed image to one or more designated targets.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Shi Jin Chen, Derek Alan Winters
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Patent number: 8667522Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus can provide channel scanning. In various examples, a channel scanning module can instruct scanning of multiple channels within a wideband frequency range by assigning channels to one or more demodulators to attempt to lock onto a signal at the assigned channel. In other examples, a channel scanning module can instruct scanning for downstream channels by assigning channels to multiple narrowband tuners and multiple demodulators to attempt to lock onto a signal on the assigned channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Punit Shah, Derek Alan Winters
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Publication number: 20120233348Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for automatically changing the mode of download of a download manager in a device are provided. The download manager can send a timeout option to a TFTP server and automatically change the mode of download based on whether a timeout option acknowledgement is received. The download manager can include a first control attribute to enable or disable sending a timeout option to the TFTP server and/or a second control attribute to set the initial download mode of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventor: Derek Alan Winters