Patents by Inventor John M. Egan

John M. Egan 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).

  • CATV ENTRY ADAPTER AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING CATV AND IN-HOME ENTERTAINMENT SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20180027287
    Abstract: A cable television (CATV) entry adapter connects to a CATV network and serves as a hub in an In-Home Entertainment (IHE) network. IHE signals may be communicated between passive and active ports of an embodiment of the entry adapter through a pair of directional couplers which allow an IHE-enabled embedded multimedia terminal device (eMTA) at the passive port to communicate with multimedia devices of the IHE network connected to the active ports. An IHE frequency rejection filter is used in some embodiments to confine IHE signal to a single subscriber premise. In some embodiments a bidirectional IHE bandpass filter is used to enable IHE signals to pass between the passive and active ports of the CATV entry adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Chad T. Wells, John M. Egan, Gregory F. Halik, Charles F. Newby
  • CATV entry adapter and method for distributing CATV and in-home entertainment signals
    Patent number: 9781472
    Abstract: A cable television (CATV) entry adapter connects to a CATV network and serves as a hub in an In-Home Entertainment (IHE) network. IHE signals may be communicated between passive and active ports of an embodiment of the entry adapter through a pair of directional couplers which allow an IHE-enabled embedded multimedia terminal device (eMTA) at the passive port to communicate with multimedia devices of the IHE network connected to the active ports. An IHE frequency rejection filter is used in some embodiments to confine IHE signal to a single subscriber premise. In some embodiments a bidirectional IHE bandpass filter is used to enable IHE signals to pass between the passive and active ports of the CATV entry adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Chad T. Wells, John M. Egan, Gregory F. Halik, Charles F. Newby
  • CATV ENTRY ADAPTER AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING CATV AND IN-HOME ENTERTAINMENT SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20160234547
    Abstract: A cable television (CATV) entry adapter connects to a CATV network and serves as a hub in an In-Home Entertainment (IHE) network. IHE signals may be communicated between passive and active ports of an embodiment of the entry adapter through a pair of directional couplers which allow an IHE-enabled embedded multimedia terminal device (eMTA) at the passive port to communicate with multimedia devices of the IHE network connected to the active ports. An IHE frequency rejection filter is used in some embodiments to confine IHE signal to a single subscriber premise. In some embodiments a bidirectional IHE bandpass filter is used to enable IHE signals to pass between the passive and active ports of the CATV entry adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Chad T. Wells, John M. Egan, Gregory F. Halik, Charles F. Newby
  • PASSIVE MULTI-PORT ENTRY ADAPTER AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING DOWNSTREAM CATV SIGNAL STRENGTH WITHIN IN-HOME NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160037210
    Abstract: A cable television (CATV) entry adapter interfaces to a CATV network and serves as a hub in an in-home network for passively communicating multimedia content or information from the CATV network and between subscriber devices connected to the ports of the CATV entry adapter, using CATV signals in a CATV frequency band and network signals in a different in-home network band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Chad T. Wells, John M. Egan