Patents by Inventor John R. Bean

John R. Bean 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: 9716883
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of compressed pictures, the compressed pictures comprising a plurality of levels of picture importance including a first picture level and a second picture level, track the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, and responsive to ascertaining which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, tracking the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Benjamin M. Cook, Ken L. Eppinett, John R. Bean
  • Publication number: 20150016549
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of compressed pictures, the compressed pictures comprising a plurality of levels of picture importance including a first picture level and a second picture level, track the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, and responsive to ascertaining which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, tracking the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the second level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Benjamin M. Cook, Ken L. Eppinett, John R. Bean
  • Patent number: 8873932
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of compressed pictures, the compressed pictures comprising a plurality of levels of picture importance including a first picture level and a second picture level, track the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, and responsive to ascertaining which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, tracking the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Benjamin M. Cook, Ken L. Eppinett, John R. Bean
  • Patent number: 8718388
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of plural compressed pictures, wherein the plural compressed pictures comprises a plurality of sets of compressed pictures, wherein each set in the plurality of sets has a respective picture interdependency characteristic, wherein the compressed pictures in the first set depend for decoding only on pictures from the first set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Benjamin M. Cook, Ken L. Eppinett, John R. Bean
  • Publication number: 20090220012
    Abstract: Systems and methods that provide a video stream, the video stream comprising a sequence of plural compressed pictures corresponding to a video program, the plural compressed pictures having plural sets of compressed pictures, each of the plural sets adhering to one or more picture interdependencies, properties, or a combination of the picture interdependencies and properties, and provide auxiliary information in the video stream, the auxiliary information comprising plural data fields, the plural data fields comprising a first data field corresponding to one of multiple possible coding scheme, the coding scheme comprising a set of tiers that uniquely define the one coding scheme, the plural data fields further comprising a second data field different from the first data field, the second data field comprising an indication of whether the one or more picture interdependencies, properties, or a combination of both corresponding to the set of tiers is valid for use in decoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Benjamin M. Cook, Ken L. Eppinett, John R. Bean
  • Publication number: 20090148132
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of compressed pictures, the compressed pictures comprising a plurality of levels of picture importance including a first picture level and a second picture level, track the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, and responsive to ascertaining which of the compressed pictures correspond to the first level, tracking the compressed pictures to ascertain which of the compressed pictures correspond to the second level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Benjamin M. Cook, Ken L. Eppinett, John R. Bean
  • Publication number: 20090148056
    Abstract: Systems and methods that receive a video stream comprising a sequence of plural compressed pictures, wherein the plural compressed pictures comprises a plurality of sets of compressed pictures, wherein each set in the plurality of sets has a respective picture interdependency characteristic, wherein the compressed pictures in the first set depend for decoding only on pictures from the first set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Arturo A. Rodriguez, Benjamin M. Cook, Ken L. Eppinett, John R. Bean
  • Patent number: 6584590
    Abstract: A JTAG port-sharing device that reduces the required number of hardware pins on an integrated circuit without limiting the integrated circuit testing to a particular debugging platform is provided. The JTAG port-sharing device eliminates the need to have individual hardware pins for each functional block that requires JTAG test interface and allows one set of hardware pins to be shared by a plurality of functional blocks. The JTAG port-sharing device is not limited by a particular debugging platform and allows the use of pre-owned and/or off-the-shelf testing software and/or JTAG debugger devices thereby leading to shorter development cycles and lower development costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Bean
  • Patent number: 5274607
    Abstract: The present invention shows a system for the continuous echo analysis of a body of liquid, surrounded by walls of known dimension, for the presence of an object. Such a system comprises:a transmitting component capable of translating an electrical pulse into intermittent instigative pulses of sonic energy emitted into the body of liquid, wherein such pulses of sonic energy permeate the body of liquid, reflecting off the walls and any object within the body of liquid, and returning as a set of echo information;a receiving component capable of receiving such echo information and translating that echo information into a waveform equivalent of that echo information; and,an analysis component comprising a microprocessor-controlled electronic circuit capable of receiving each waveform and comparing that waveform against stored data on previous waveforms to provide an alarm activation signal when the variance exceeds a predetermined settling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Inventor: John R. Bean