Patents by Inventor Joseph Tomko
Joseph Tomko 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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Publication number: 20240106911Abstract: Devices, systems and processes for providing local alerts to users via non-local channels are described. A process may include receiving, by a content distributor system, an alert message. The alert message includes a first alert condition and a second alert condition. The first alert condition and the second alert condition are identified in the alert message, and an alert notice is generated, based on the identified alert conditions, and transmitted to a user device coupled to the content distributor system. The first alert condition specifies an alert type. The second alert condition specifies a time period. The alert message may include a third alert condition specifying an action for a user of the user device to take or refrain from taking during the time period and the alert notice may identify the action. The alert message may include a target condition and the alert notice identifies actions to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventors: Eric Pleiman, Joseph Tomko
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Patent number: 10181260Abstract: A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Joseph Tomko, Jeremy Mickelsen
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Publication number: 20140125465Abstract: A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Joseph Tomko, Jeremy Mickelsen
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Patent number: 8629754Abstract: A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Joseph Tomko, Jeremy Mickelsen
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Patent number: 8594227Abstract: Apparatus and method are presented for measuring the transmitter and antenna system time delay (TAD) of the cadence sync at the input of a conventional 8 VSB data processing system until the emission of the segment sync of the corresponding data frame sync data segment. This includes sequentially conditioning a multi-bit input digital signal containing an initial cadence sync, inserting data patterns into the digital signal, inserting a known data pattern into the data frame at a known position of the data frame and receiving the cadence sync and the known pattern and measuring the time delay therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: HBC Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Paul Bruckmeyer, William Walton Boesch, Stephen Joseph Tomko
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Patent number: 8385334Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for communication via address modulation on an communication channel. A first processing component is configured to produce a plurality of data packets. Each data packet has an associated address from a plurality of available addresses. The system further comprises a plurality of addressable entities, with each of the addressable entities being represented by a proper subset of at least two of the available addresses. A second processing component is configured to apply at least one conditioning process to the series of data packets. The first processing component is configured to select an address for each packet from the subset of available addresses representing the addressable entity associated with the packet as to communicate data between the first processing component and the second processing component.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Harris CorporationInventors: Joshua Paul Bruckmeyer, William Walton Boesch, Stephen Joseph Tomko, Jason Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20110249716Abstract: Apparatus and method are presented for measuring the transmitter and antenna system time delay (TAD) of the cadence sync at the input of a conventional 8 VSB data processing system until the emission of the segment sync of the corresponding data frame sync data segment. This includes sequentially conditioning a multi-bit input digital signal containing an initial cadence sync, inserting data patterns into the digital signal, inserting a known data pattern into the data frame at a known position of the data frame and receiving the cadence sync and the known pattern and measuring the time delay therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Joshua Paul Bruckmeyer, William Walton Boesch, Stephen Joseph Tomko
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Publication number: 20110249191Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for communication via address modulation on an communication channel. A first processing component is configured to produce a plurality of data packets. Each data packet has an associated address from a plurality of available addresses. The system further comprises a plurality of addressable entities, with each of the addressable entities being represented by a proper subset of at least two of the available addresses. A second processing component is configured to apply at least one conditioning process to the series of data packets. The first processing component is configured to select an address for each packet from the subset of available addresses representing the addressable entity associated with the packet as to communicate data between the first processing component and the second processing component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Joshua Paul Bruckmeyer, William Walton Boesch, Stephen Joseph Tomko, Jason Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20110140847Abstract: A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.Inventors: Adam Schafer, Joseph Tomko, Jeremy Mickelsen