Patents by Inventor Joseph Lee Smith
Joseph Lee Smith 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: 10425709Abstract: System and method for distributing IP video are described. One embodiment is a method for distributing IP video comprising transmitting an optical data stream in a designated optical band to an optical network terminal (“ONT”), wherein the optical data stream comprises a broadcast IP video signal provided as a packetized video overlay; converting the optical data stream to an electrical data stream at the ONT; and transmitting the electrical data stream to a subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Provenance Asset Group LLCInventors: Joseph Lee Smith, Duane Richard Remein, Amir Ghoddoussi
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Publication number: 20160381444Abstract: System and method for distributing IP video are described. One embodiment is a method for distributing IP video comprising transmitting an optical data stream in a designated optical band to an optical network terminal (“ONT”), wherein the optical data stream comprises a broadcast IP video signal provided as a packetized video overlay; converting the optical data stream to an electrical data stream at the ONT; and transmitting the electrical data stream to a subscriber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Joseph Lee Smith, Duane Richard Remein, Amir Ghoddoussi
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Patent number: 9509430Abstract: Apparatus for amplifying signal such as a burst mode signal in an optical network. A doped fiber, for example an erbium-doped fiber is placed in a preferably passive module along an optical data transmission path. A pump port is optically connected to at least one combiner such as a WDM (wavelength division multiplexor) that is placed along the optical transmission path to add in a pump wavelength in the vicinity of the doped fiber. The apparatus, which is preferably completely passive, may be advantageously placed in communication with a remote pump light source such as a pump laser resident on a management node of the network. A second pump port may be added, as well as one or more detector ports to facilitate operation of a remote control processor, which may also be resident in a management node such as an OLT (optical line terminal) in a PON (passive optical network).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Wolfgang Poehlmann, Joseph Lee Smith
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Patent number: 9413487Abstract: System and method for distributing IP video are described. One embodiment is a method for distributing IP video comprising transmitting an optical data stream in a designated optical band to an optical network terminal (“ONT”), wherein the optical data stream comprises a broadcast IP video signal provided as a packetized video overlay; converting the optical data stream to an electrical data stream at the ONT; and transmitting the electrical data stream to a subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Joseph Lee Smith, Duane Richard Remein, Amir Ghoddoussi
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Publication number: 20160182179Abstract: Apparatus for amplifying signal such as a burst mode signal in an optical network. A doped fiber, for example an erbium-doped fiber is placed in a preferably passive module along an optical data transmission path. A pump port is optically connected to at least one combiner such as a WDM (wavelength division multiplexor) that is placed along the optical transmission path to add in a pump wavelength in the vicinity of the doped fiber. The apparatus, which is preferably completely passive, may be advantageously placed in communication with a remote pump light source such as a pump laser resident on a management node of the network. A second pump port may be added, as well as one or more detector ports to facilitate operation of a remote control processor, which may also be resident in a management node such as an OLT (optical line terminal) in a PON (passive optical network).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicants: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AGInventors: Wolfgang Poehlmann, Joseph Lee Smith
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Patent number: 9300425Abstract: A method, a system, and an optical transceiver board for use in a Passive Optical Network (PON), comprising a line terminal (LT) card comprising a plurality of transmitters and one receiver, a Dense Wave Division Multiplex (DWDM) combiner, wherein the LT card is communicably coupled to the DWDM combiner, and a broadband wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) communicably coupled to the DWDM combiner.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Joseph Lee Smith
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Patent number: 8417117Abstract: A passive optical network (PON) comprises an Optical Line Termination (OLT), an Optical Distribution Network (ODN), and a plurality of Optical Network Terminations (ONTs), wherein the OLT includes an OLT Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) multiplexer, an OLT CWDM demultiplexer, and a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) filter, wherein the OLT DWDM multiplexer and the OLT CWDM demultiplexer are coupled to the WDM filter, wherein the ODN includes a WDM filter, a DWDM demultiplexer, and a plurality of fanout splitters, wherein the DWDM demultiplexer is coupled to the WDM filter, wherein the WDM filters are coupled to one another and wherein a portion of the plurality of ONTs that are associated with a wavelength are coupled to one of fanout splitters that is associated with the wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2007Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Joseph Lee Smith, Alain Granger, David Eckard, Jihad Baghdadi
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Patent number: 8041215Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium, and a system for discovering an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) in a Dense Wave Division Multiplex (DWDM) hybrid Passive Optical Network (PON) Line Terminal (LT), comprises implementing, by an Optical Line Termination (OLT), a ranging procedure on at least one downstream link, wherein the OLT is communicably coupled to the ONT, discovering at least one new ONT, by the OLT, on the at least one downstream link based on the ranging procedure, discovering an unranged ONT, by the OLT, during the ranging procedure, and determining, by the OLT, that the unranged ONT resides on the at least one downstream link.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Joseph Lee Smith, David Eckard
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Patent number: 7715718Abstract: Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) troubleshooting of a passive optical network (PON) can be enhanced by deploying cascaded splitters, at least some of which have multiple inputs. That is, at least some of the splitters in the PON have not only a first input coupleable to the optical line terminator (OLT) or output of another splitter but also a second input directly coupleable to an Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR). Optical time-delay reflectometry can be performed upon a selected portion or segment of the PON by selecting a splitter and transmitting an optical test signal from the OTDR directly to the input of the selected splitter and analyzing the reflected signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Joseph Lee Smith, Alain Granger
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Patent number: 7660409Abstract: A multi-dwelling unit (MDU) module is configured for providing telephony communicating services and non-telephony services. The MDU module includes a motherboard and a plurality of service units connected to the motherboard. Each one of said service units and the motherboard are jointly configured for providing non-telephony service and telephony service to a plurality of service subscribers. The motherboard is configured for providing overload power management to limit power consumption associated with said telephony services during an overload condition and for providing lifeline power management to limit power consumption associated with said non-telephony services during a power outage condition. The MDU module optionally includes lightning primary surge protection blocks configured for being connected to the service units.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Richard Marion Czerwiec, Manal Afify, Atahan Tuzel, Barry Lee Moffitt, Joseph Lee Smith, Anthony Peter Noto, David Charles Fargo, Bobby Lane English, John David Boyle, Alain Granger, Jak Yaemsiri, Andreas Flach, John Scott Cao, Ali Rezaki, Charles Pearse, Bakri Aboukarr, Arkin Aydin, Angelo Arlotta, Nicholas Adam Bundza
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Publication number: 20090016722Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium, and a system for discovering an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) in a Dense Wave Division Multiplex (DWDM) hybrid Passive Optical Network (PON) Line Terminal (LT), comprises implementing, by an Optical Line Termination (OLT), a ranging procedure on at least one downstream link, wherein the OLT is communicably coupled to the ONT, discovering at least one new ONT, by the OLT, on the at least one downstream link based on the ranging procedure, discovering an unranged ONT, by the OLT, during the ranging procedure, and determining, by the OLT, that the unranged ONT resides on the at least one downstream link.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: JOSEPH LEE SMITH, DAVID ECKARD
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Publication number: 20090003829Abstract: A method, a system, and an optical transceiver board for use in a Passive Optical Network (PON), comprising a line terminal (LT) card comprising a plurality of transmitters and one receiver, a Dense Wave Division Multiplex (DWDM) combiner, wherein the LT card is communicably coupled to the DWDM combiner, and a broadband wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) communicably coupled to the DWDM combiner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventor: JOSEPH LEE SMITH
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Publication number: 20080031624Abstract: Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) troubleshooting of a passive optical network (PON) can be enhanced by deploying cascaded splitters, at least some of which have multiple inputs. That is, at least some of the splitters in the PON have not only a first input coupleable to the optical line terminator (OLT) or output of another splitter but also a second input directly coupleable to an Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR). Optical time-delay reflectometry can be performed upon a selected portion or segment of the PON by selecting a splitter and transmitting an optical test signal from the OTDR directly to the input of the selected splitter and analyzing the reflected signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Joseph Lee SMITH, Alain GRANGER