Patents by Inventor Jonathan A. Weinstock

Jonathan A. Weinstock 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).

  • Arrangement for providing mediated access in an HFC access network
    Patent number: 6728887
    Abstract: A hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) access network manager is formed to include a mediated access system to control each service provider's ability to monitor, view and re-configure selected elements within the HFC access network. A database included within the manager contains a mapping between the information service providers and the various network elements for which each service provider is permitted access and/or control. With mediated access, an information service provider has the ability to monitor quality, perform diagnostic tests and configure that equipment which directly supports the provided services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Dziekan, Nicholas D. Lee, Jonathan A. Weinstock
  • HFC access network management system
    Patent number: 6711135
    Abstract: A hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) access network manager is formed to support a variety of functions related to the operation and management of an HCF access plant. The HFC access network manager allows for monitoring of the downstream and upstream transmission paths, and supports the sectionalization of faults. The monitoring can be achieved through a variety of techniques including, but not limited to, monitoring bit error rate (BER), frame error rate (FER), carrier-to-noise ratio (C/N), or any other suitable quality-related signal parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Dziekan, Nicholas D. Lee, M. Lamine Sylla, Jonathan A. Weinstock
  • Arrangement for discovering the topology of an HFC access network
    Patent number: 6704288
    Abstract: A hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) access network manager is formed to support a variety of functions related to the operation and management of an HCF access plant. The network manager includes a topology discovery module that can function either automatically, or under control of a command from the access network manager, to poll individual network elements to identify their type and location, thus creating a topological map of the network. The polling can be accomplished in either the analog or digital domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Richard R. Dziekan, Nicholas D. Lee, M. Lamine Sylla, Jonathan A. Weinstock
  • Monitoring system for a hybrid fiber cable network
    Patent number: 6400863
    Abstract: A monitoring system for a HFC network includes a plurality of “test points” disposed at various locations throughout the network. Each test point is used to allow for the isolation of communication problems within the network (for example, ingress) and mitigation of the effects of the network problems. By distributing a plurality of test points throughout the topology of the network, only limited sections of the network need to be isolated at any point in time to address the particular communication problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: General Instrument
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Weinstock, William H. Blum, Nicholas D. Lee, Clive E. Holborow, Richard R. Dziekan