Patents by Inventor Jeffery Harig
Jeffery Harig 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: 9893927Abstract: A communication method for embedding a meta-carrier under an original carrier signal with reduced or minimal original carrier signal degradation, the method comprising transmitting an original carrier signal and transmitting a meta-carrier signal separate from the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal contains information about an original carrier signal, is extractable under an interfered condition, and is transmitted such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Cometch EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Jeffery Harig, Cris Mamaril
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Patent number: 9584176Abstract: A communication method for embedding a meta-carrier under an original carrier signal with reduced or minimal original carrier signal degradation, the method comprising transmitting an original carrier signal by a transmitter, forming a meta-carrier signal separate from the original carrier signal that contains meta-data about the original carrier signal including one or more characteristics of the original carrier signal configured for use by a receiving device to establish one or more parameters of a receiving device to receive the original carrier signal at the receiving device, and transmitting the meta-carrier signal by the transmitter separate from the original carrier signal such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Jeffery Harig, Cris Mamaril, Louis Dublin
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Patent number: 9124342Abstract: A method for remotely and dynamically controlling adjacent satellite interference comprising monitoring one or more off-axis signals emitted by one or more remote transmitters; determining whether one or more of the off-axis signals is creating adjacent satellite interference (ASI), off axis emissions and inband interference that is higher than a predetermined level of acceptable interference, and transmitting a control signal to at least one of the one or more remote transmitters in response to the determination that the one or more off-axis signals is creating interference that is higher than the predetermined level of acceptable interference, the control signal initiating an adjustment to one or more transmission parameters of the one or more remote transmitters such that interference resulting from the one or more off-axis signals emitted by the one or more remote transmitters is reduced or eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Jeffery Harig, Wallace Davis, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril
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Patent number: 8964811Abstract: A method for identifying the presence of an electronic transmission comprising detecting, by a detecting device, the presence of a burst of electromagnetic energy that results from the presence of an original carrier signal and transmitting, by a transmitting device, a spread spectrum meta-carrier signal within a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal contains information about the original carrier signal and is transmitted such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal during the presence of the burst of electromagnetic energy.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Cris M. Mamaril, Jeffery Harig
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Patent number: 8913647Abstract: A method of receiving and reassembling non-sequential meta-data information embedded within an original burst carrier signal that receives multiple composite burst carrier signals each with an original burst carrier signal and a meta-carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original burst carrier signal and includes one or more bits of meta-data information of a meta-data message about the original burst carrier signal that is non-contiguous in reference to a temporal order in which the meta-data information is received, detecting a DSSS spreading sequence and extracting the meta-carrier signals from the composite burst carrier signals, determining a phase progression of the meta-carrier signals based on a PRN spreading code, and reassembling the one or more bits of meta-data information from each meta-carrier signal into a sequential order after an entire meta-data message is received and extracted.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Brian Banister
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Patent number: 8897718Abstract: A method of provisioning a communications link between remote terminals within a hub-spoke network comprising receiving, by a first remote terminal, information about a second remote terminal from a hub, selecting, by the first remote terminal, a modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level based on the information received about the second remote terminal, transmitting, by the first remote terminal, a signal using at least one of the selected modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level, to the second remote terminal such that a communications link is created, and adjusting the modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, or power level of the transmitted signal such that performance of the link is increased while maintaining a presence of the link.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Vasile Manea, Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Jeffery Harig
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Publication number: 20140321512Abstract: A method for identifying the presence of an electronic transmission comprising detecting, by a detecting device, the presence of a burst of electromagnetic energy that results from the presence of an original carrier signal and transmitting, by a transmitting device, a spread spectrum meta-carrier signal within a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal contains information about the original carrier signal and is transmitted such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal during the presence of the burst of electromagnetic energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Cris M. Mamaril, Jeffery Harig
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Publication number: 20140273812Abstract: A method for remotely and dynamically controlling adjacent satellite interference comprising monitoring one or more off-axis signals emitted by one or more remote transmitters; determining whether one or more of the off-axis signals is creating adjacent satellite interference (ASI), off axis emissions and inband interference that is higher than a predetermined level of acceptable interference, and transmitting a control signal to at least one of the one or more remote transmitters in response to the determination that the one or more off-axis signals is creating interference that is higher than the predetermined level of acceptable interference, the control signal initiating an adjustment to one or more transmission parameters of the one or more remote transmitters such that interference resulting from the one or more off-axis signals emitted by the one or more remote transmitters is reduced or eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Jeffery Harig, Wallace Davis, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril
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Publication number: 20140243031Abstract: A method of provisioning a communications link between remote terminals within a hub-spoke network comprising receiving, by a first remote terminal, information about a second remote terminal from a hub, selecting, by the first remote terminal, a modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level based on the information received about the second remote terminal, transmitting, by the first remote terminal, a signal using at least one of the selected modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level, to the second remote terminal such that a communications link is created, and adjusting the modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, or power level of the transmitted signal such that performance of the link is increased while maintaining a presence of the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Vasile Manea, Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Jeffery Harig
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Publication number: 20140226696Abstract: A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for message reassembly comprising spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information about the original burst carrier signal, lowering a power spectral density of the meta-carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original signal is reduced, combining the original burst carrier and the meta-carrier signals using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier, and transmitting the composite burst carrier using a transmitter over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a point in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Brian Banister
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Patent number: 8737925Abstract: A method for remotely and dynamically controlling adjacent satellite interference comprising monitoring one or more off-axis signals emitted by one or more remote transmitters; determining whether one or more of the off-axis signals is creating adjacent satellite interference (ASI), off axis emissions and inband interference that is higher than a predetermined level of acceptable interference, and transmitting a control signal to at least one of the one or more remote transmitters in response to the determination that the one or more off-axis signals is creating interference that is higher than the predetermined level of acceptable interference, the control signal initiating an adjustment to one or more transmission parameters of the one or more remote transmitters such that interference resulting from the one or more off-axis signals emitted by the one or more remote transmitters is reduced or eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Jeffery Harig, Wallace Davis, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril
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Patent number: 8718569Abstract: A method of provisioning a communications link between remote terminals within a hub-spoke network comprising receiving, by a first remote terminal, information about a second remote terminal from a hub, selecting, by the first remote terminal, a modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level based on the information received about the second remote terminal, transmitting, by the first remote terminal, a signal using at least one of the selected modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level, to the second remote terminal such that a communications link is created, and adjusting the modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, or power level of the transmitted signal such that performance of the link is increased while maintaining a presence of the link.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Vasile Manea, Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Jeffery Harig
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Patent number: 8699545Abstract: A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for message reassembly comprising spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information about the original burst carrier signal, lowering a power spectral density of the meta-carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original signal is reduced, combining the original burst carrier and the meta-carrier signals using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier, and transmitting the composite burst carrier using a transmitter over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a point in time.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Brian Banister
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Patent number: 8654814Abstract: A method for identifying the presence of an electronic transmission comprising detecting, by a detecting device, the presence of a burst of electromagnetic energy that results from the presence of an original carrier signal and transmitting, by a transmitting device, a spread spectrum meta-carrier signal within a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal contains information about the original carrier signal and is transmitted such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal during the presence of the burst of electromagnetic energy.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Cris M. Mamaril, Jeffery Harig
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Patent number: 8559468Abstract: A method of combining a GPS carrier signal and a communication carrier signal over a common coaxial connection, the method comprising receiving a GPS carrier signal into a signal system using an antenna, which system is configured to receive a non-GPS communication carrier signal from a communication system, processing the GPS carrier signal with the signal communication system to produce a modified GPS carrier signal, the processing comprising at least: filtering the modified GPS carrier signal using a filter, and amplifying the GPS carrier signal using an amplifier; filtering, using a filter, and power combining using a power combiner, the GPS carrier signal and the non-GPS communication carrier signal, and transmitting, using a single coaxial cable, the combined GPS carrier and non-GPS communication carrier signals to a communication device.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig
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Publication number: 20120219038Abstract: A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for message reassembly comprising spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information about the original burst carrier signal, lowering a power spectral density of the meta-carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original signal is reduced, combining the original burst carrier and the meta-carrier signals using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier, and transmitting the composite burst carrier using a transmitter over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a point in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Brian A. Banister
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Publication number: 20120195347Abstract: A communication method for embedding a meta-carrier under an original carrier signal with reduced or minimal original carrier signal degradation, the method comprising transmitting an original carrier signal by a transmitter, forming a meta-carrier signal separate from the original carrier signal that contains meta-data about the original carrier signal including one or more characteristics of the original carrier signal configured for use by a receiving device to establish one or more parameters of a receiving device to receive the original carrier signal at the receiving device, and transmitting the meta-carrier signal by the transmitter separate from the original carrier signal such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Jeffery Harig, Cris Mamaril, Louis Dublin
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Publication number: 20120164940Abstract: A method of provisioning a communications link between remote terminals within a hub-spoke network comprising receiving, by a first remote terminal, information about a second remote terminal from a hub, selecting, by the first remote terminal, a modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level based on the information received about the second remote terminal, transmitting, by the first remote terminal, a signal using at least one of the selected modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level, to the second remote terminal such that a communications link is created, and adjusting the modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, or power level of the transmitted signal such that performance of the link is increased while maintaining a presence of the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.Inventors: Vasile Manea, Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Jeffery Harig
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Publication number: 20120082185Abstract: A method for identifying the presence of an electronic transmission comprising detecting, by a detecting device, the presence of a burst of electromagnetic energy that results from the presence of an original carrier signal and transmitting, by a transmitting device, a spread spectrum meta-carrier signal within a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal contains information about the original carrier signal and is transmitted such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal during the presence of the burst of electromagnetic energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Cris M. Mamaril, Jeffery Harig
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Publication number: 20110269396Abstract: A method for remotely and dynamically controlling adjacent satellite interference comprising monitoring one or more off-axis signals emitted by one or more remote transmitters; determining whether one or more of the off-axis signals is creating adjacent satellite interference (ASI), off axis emissions and inband interference that is higher than a predetermined level of acceptable interference, and transmitting a control signal to at least one of the one or more remote transmitters in response to the determination that the one or more off-axis signals is creating interference that is higher than the predetermined level of acceptable interference, the control signal initiating an adjustment to one or more transmission parameters of the one or more remote transmitters such that interference resulting from the one or more off-axis signals emitted by the one or more remote transmitters is reduced or eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Comtech EF Data Corp.Inventors: Michael Beeler, Jeffery Harig, Wallace Davis, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril