Patents by Inventor Jack Thomas Matheney

Jack Thomas Matheney 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: 9998402
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: aggregating packets, including at least control packets and acknowledgement packets, with other packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Thomas Matheney, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Albert L. Garrett
  • Patent number: 9742620
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: designating a selected MoCA device as a network controller; and logically partitioning, into virtual MoCA networks, a predetermined bandwidth reserved for the MoCA network by sending, from the network controller one or more beacons containing virtual network information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert L. Garrett, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Jack Thomas Matheney
  • Patent number: 9729917
    Abstract: An enhanced multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) implementation having a single Receive (Rx) physical (Phy) module that is arranged to receive data via one of at least two Rx radio frequency (RF) modules, which are arranged to be in communication with a coaxial cable, and at least two transmit (Tx) Phy modules respectively arranged to be in communication with two Tx RF modules, which are also arranged to be in communication with the coaxial cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Ford, Jack Thomas Matheney, Leo Montreuil
  • Patent number: 9106435
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: dedicating a portion of a MAP cycle prior to a MAP packet to reservation requests and small data packets; and dedicating a portion of the MAP cycle after the MAP packet to data traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Thomas Matheney, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Albert L. Garrett
  • Publication number: 20150020123
    Abstract: An enhanced multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) implementation having a single Receive (Rx) physical (Phy) module that is arranged to receive data via one of at least two Rx radio frequency (RF) modules, which are arranged to be in communication with a coaxial cable, and at least two transmit (Tx) Phy modules respectively arranged to be in communication with two Tx RF modules, which are also arranged to be in communication with the coaxial cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Ford, Jack Thomas Matheney, Leo Montreuil
  • Publication number: 20140348175
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: aggregating packets, including at least control packets and acknowledgement packets, with other packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jack Thomas Matheney, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Albert L. Garrett
  • Patent number: 8850509
    Abstract: An enhanced multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) implementation having a single Receive (Rx) physical (Phy) module that is arranged to receive data via one of at least two Rx radio frequency (RF) modules, which are arranged to be in communication with a coaxial cable, and at least two transmit (Tx) Phy modules respectively arranged to be in communication with two Tx RF modules, which are also arranged to be in communication with the coaxial cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Ford, Jack Thomas Matheney, Leo Montreuil
  • Patent number: 8804516
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: aggregating packets, including at least control packets and acknowledgement packets, with other packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Thomas Matheney, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Albert L. Garrett
  • Publication number: 20130283348
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: designating a selected MoCA device as a network controller; and logically partitioning, into virtual MoCA networks, a predetermined bandwidth reserved for the MoCA network by sending, from the network controller one or more beacons containing virtual network information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Albert L. Garrett, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Jack Thomas Matheney
  • Patent number: 8547833
    Abstract: A method can include calculating an indication of signal quality for a communications channel based on a message from a node over a communications channel of a network. The calculated indication of signal quality can be adjusted based on a prior indication of signal quality to provide an adjusted indication of signal quality. Bitloading for the communications channel can be determined based on the adjusted indication of signal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert L. Garrett, Jack Thomas Matheney
  • Patent number: 8468223
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: designating a selected MoCA device as a network controller; and logically partitioning, into virtual MoCA networks, a predetermined bandwidth reserved for the MoCA network by sending, from the network controller one or more beacons containing virtual network information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert L. Garrett, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Jack Thomas Matheney
  • Publication number: 20120287979
    Abstract: A method can include calculating an indication of signal quality for a communications channel based on a message from a node over a communications channel of a network. The calculated indication of signal quality can be adjusted based on a prior indication of signal quality to provide an adjusted indication of signal quality. Bitloading for the communications channel can be determined based on the adjusted indication of signal quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: ALBERT L. GARRETT, JACK THOMAS MATHENEY
  • Publication number: 20100162329
    Abstract: An enhanced multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) implementation having a single Receive (Rx) physical (Phy) module that is arranged to receive data via one of at least two Rx radio frequency (RF) modules, which are arranged to be in communication with a coaxial cable, and at least two transmit (Tx) Phy modules respectively arranged to be in communication with two Tx RF modules, which are also arranged to be in communication with the coaxial cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Ford, Jack Thomas Matheney, Leo Montreuil
  • Publication number: 20100142540
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: dedicating a portion of a MAP cycle prior to a MAP packet to reservation requests and small data packets; and dedicating a portion of the MAP cycle after the MAP packet to data traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Jack Thomas Matheney, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Albert L. Garrett
  • Publication number: 20100142378
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: aggregating packets, including at least control packets and acknowledgement packets, with other packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Jack Thomas Matheney, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Albert L. Garrett
  • Publication number: 20100146616
    Abstract: Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: designating a selected MoCA device as a network controller; and logically partitioning, into virtual MoCA networks, a predetermined bandwidth reserved for the MoCA network by sending, from the network controller one or more beacons containing virtual network information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Albert L. Garrett, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Jack Thomas Matheney
  • Patent number: 6529568
    Abstract: An impulse radio concurrently receives an impulse signal and interference. An interference sampler samples the interference before an expected time of arrival of an impulse in the impulse signal, to produce an interference nulling sample. Then, when the impulse arrives, a data sampler samples the impulse in the presence of the interference to produce a data sample including undesired interference energy. The anticipatory nulling sample is an estimate of the undesired interference energy captured in the subsequent data sample so that the nulling sample can be used to cancel the interference energy from the data sample. When the nulling sample precedes the data sample by an odd number of half cycle periods of the interference, the nulling sample is additively combined with the data sample to derive a corrected data sample, from which a portion of the interference energy is canceled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Time Domain Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Richards, Vernon R. Brethour, Jack Thomas Matheney
  • Patent number: 6483461
    Abstract: A system for locating of objects in a three-dimensional space comprises: (a) an impulse radio network including at least three reference impulse radio units and at least one mobile position indicating apparatus; position information relating the impulse radio units is recorded by at least one indicating impulse radio unit; the impulse radio units are in communication; and (b) an affixing structure for affixing a respective mobile position indicating apparatus with a respective object. A respective mobile position indicating apparatus transmits an impulse radio identifying signal that is received by a receiving impulse radio unit. An indicating impulse radio unit cooperates with the receiving impulse radio unit in using the identifying signal for developing coordinate information for locating the respective mobile position indicating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Time Domain Corporation
    Inventors: Jack Thomas Matheney, Linda M. Lee, Donald David Mondul