Patents by Inventor Edward J. Brachocki

Edward J. Brachocki 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).

  • Apparatus for viewing television with pause capability
    Patent number: 8428438
    Abstract: A television has an encoder, a random access memory buffer, and a decoder in addition to components of a conventional television receiver. The encoder encodes television signals to a digital format and the random access memory buffer stores the encoded television signal in response to activation of a pause function. The random access memory buffer outputs the stored digital television signal and the decoder decodes the digital television signal output from the random access memory buffer in response to deactivation of the pause function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew L. Wolfe, Edward J. Brachocki, Stephen G. Maine, Christopher W. Chevalier, Christopher L. Porter
  • Navigation screen system and method for remote control
    Patent number: 7487000
    Abstract: A system and method to provide navigation screens during remote control of devices. A matrix is used to relate button depression and navigation screen to a particular activity. Generic buttons on the remote control can be dynamically defined according to the content of the navigation screens and the configuration of the devices under the control of the remote control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: TCL GoVideo Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher W. Chevalier, Edward J. Brachocki, William Anton M. McHatton, Douglas Patton, Mehdi Haghdad, Dana Bertles, Dean Mondragon, Robert Gibb
  • Apparatus for viewing television with pause capability
    Publication number: 20040128692
    Abstract: A television has an encoder, a random access memory buffer, and a decoder in addition to components of a conventional television receiver. The encoder encodes television signals to a digital format and the random access memory buffer stores the encoded television signal in response to activation of a pause function. The random access memory buffer outputs the stored digital television signal and the decoder decodes the digital television signal output from the random access memory buffer in response to deactivation of the pause function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew L. Wolfe, Edward J. Brachocki, Stephen G. Maine, Christopher W. Chevalier, Christopher L. Porter