Patents by Inventor Dustin Withers

Dustin Withers 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).

  • Device for monitoring multiple broadcast signals
    Patent number: 7840177
    Abstract: A media content monitoring system uses a rack adapted to receive multiple carrier boards to improve the system's ability to be configured to specific applications. Each carrier board contains tuner modules for receiving AM/FM broadcasts, satellite radio broadcasts, TV audio broadcasts, HD, IBOC, DAB and DRM digital radio broadcasts, etc. The tuner modules produce a USB output that is combined by a USB hub on the carrier boards into a single USB output. The carrier board outputs are in turn combined by a rack based USB hub into single USB output that is provided to a host computer. The host computer includes content identification software that automatically identifies selected media content received by the tuner modules and stores the selected content in a database. The host computer can send control codes to the tuner modules to alter their reception parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Landmark Digital Services, LLC
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Richard Wardwell, David A. Gilbert, Jack E. Jenkins, Paul P. Griffin, Jr., Fredric I. Graham, George Anderson Cook, Dustin Withers
  • DEVICE FOR MONITORING MULTIPLE BROADCAST SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20080290970
    Abstract: A media content monitoring system uses a rack adapted to receive multiple carrier boards to improve the system's ability to be configured to specific applications. Each carrier board contains tuner modules for receiving AM/FM broadcasts, satellite radio broadcasts, TV audio broadcasts, HD, IBOC, DAB and DRM digital radio broadcasts, etc. The tuner modules produce a USB output that is combined by a USB hub on the carrier boards into a single USB output. The carrier board outputs are in turn combined by a rack based USB hub into single USB output that is provided to a host computer. The host computer includes content identification software that automatically identifies selected media content received by the tuner modules and stores the selected content in a database. The host computer can send control codes to the tuner modules to alter their reception parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicants: Landmark Digital Services, LLC, Griffin Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. DeBusk, Darren P. Briggs, Richard Wardwell, David A. Gilbert, Jack E. Jenkins, Paul P. Griffin, JR., Fredric I. Graham, George A. Cook, Dustin Withers