Patents by Inventor Jonathan L Tronson

Jonathan L Tronson 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).

  • Asset allocation system and method for allocating satellite resources in a satellite broadcast communication system
    Patent number: 8763037
    Abstract: A broadcast system and method for allocating its resources includes a broadcast operation channel management system forming a database having broadcast system data from a bit rate allocation for a transponder of a satellite and a guide channel definition. The broadcast operation channel management system generates a user interface that displays a least a portion of the broadcast system data on a display. The broadcast system data is modified through the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T Hayes, Jorge P del Moral, John D Lee, Trang V Luu, Mark T Takamoto, Jonathan L Tronson, Paul P Woo, Gilbert Zaldivar
  • Method for swapping channel assignments in a broadcast system
    Patent number: 8578427
    Abstract: A method of swapping channels in a broadcast system includes a broadcast operation channel management system receiving broadcast operation channel swap data for a first station and a second station. The channel swap data comprises an effective date, a first station identifier and a first position and a second station identifier and a second position. A traffic scheduling system database communicates a first channel mapping data for a first channel to the broadcast operation channel management system. The traffic scheduling system database communicates a second channel mapping for a second channel to the broadcast operation channel management system. The broadcast operation channel updates the first channel mapping to form a first updated first channel mapping by setting a first end date of the first channel mapping to the effective date for the first station and communicating the first updated first channel mapping to the traffic scheduling database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T Hayes, Trang V Luu, Mark T Takamoto, Jonathan L Tronson, Gilbert Zaldivar
  • Method and system for initiating an emergency alert in a broadcast system
    Patent number: 8347328
    Abstract: A method and system for initiating an emergency alert in a broadcast system includes a broadcast operations channel management system providing a user alert user interface and determining guide channels eligible for an emergency alert. The broadcast operations channel management system sends a trigger to the traffic scheduling system and initiates an emergency alert event in response to the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Trang V Luu, Dien V Nguyen, Jason Y Shimizu, Mark T Takamoto, Jonathan L Tronson, Gilbert Zaldivar