Patents by Inventor Kevin M. Eddy

Kevin M. Eddy 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).

  • FEC (forward error correction) decoder with dynamic parameters
    Patent number: 9197366
    Abstract: FEC (Forward Error Correction) decoder with dynamic parameters. A novel means by which FEC parameters may be encoded into, and subsequently extracted from, a signal stream to allow for adaptive changing of any 1 or more operational parameters that govern communications across a communication channel. FEC parameters are encoded directly into a data frame such that the data frame is treated identical to all other data frames within the signal stream. When the data frame actually includes FEC parameters, it is characterized as a CP (Control Packet) type. For example, when decoding an MPEG stream, an MPEG block that includes FEC parameters, that MPEG block is characterized as a CP MPEG block. The means by which FEC parameters are encoded and extracted from the signal stream allows for much easier adaptive modification of the manner by which signal are encoded, modulated, and processed within a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Alan Y. Kwentus, Stephen Edward Krafft, Kevin M. Eddy, Steven T. Jaffe
  • FEC (forward error correction) decoder with dynamic parameters
    Publication number: 20130297991
    Abstract: FEC (Forward Error Correction) decoder with dynamic parameters. A novel means by which FEC parameters may be encoded into, and subsequently extracted from, a signal stream to allow for adaptive changing of any 1 or more operational parameters that govern communications across a communication channel. FEC parameters are encoded directly into a data frame such that the data frame is treated identical to all other data frames within the signal stream. When the data frame actually includes FEC parameters, it is characterized as a CP (Control Packet) type. For example, when decoding an MPEG stream, an MPEG block that includes FEC parameters, that MPEG block is characterized as a CP MPEG block. The means by which FEC parameters are encoded and extracted from the signal stream allows for much easier adaptive modification of the manner by which signal are encoded, modulated, and processed within a communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Alan Y. Kwentus, Stephen Edward Krafft, Kevin M. Eddy, Steven T. Jaffe
  • FEC (forward error correction) decoder with dynamic parameters
    Patent number: 8484538
    Abstract: FEC (Forward Error Correction) decoder with dynamic parameters. A novel means by which FEC parameters may be encoded into, and subsequently extracted from, a signal stream to allow for adaptive changing of any 1 or more operational parameters that govern communications across a communication channel. FEC parameters are encoded directly into a data frame such that the data frame is treated identical to all other data frames within the signal stream. When the data frame actually includes FEC parameters, it is characterized as a CP (Control Packet) type. For example, when decoding an MPEG stream, an MPEG block that includes FEC parameters, that MPEG block is characterized as a CP MPEG block. The means by which FEC parameters are encoded and extracted from the signal stream allows for much easier adaptive modification of the manner by which signal are encoded, modulated, and processed within a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Alan Y. Kwentus, Stephen Edward Krafft, Kevin M. Eddy, Steven T. Jaffe
  • FEC (Forward Error Correction) decoder with dynamic parameters
    Patent number: 7257764
    Abstract: FEC (Forward Error Correction) decoder with dynamic parameters. A novel means by which FEC parameters may be encoded into, and subsequently extracted from, a signal stream to allow for adaptive changing of any 1 or more operational parameters that govern communications across a communication channel. FEC parameters are encoded directly into a data frame such that the data frame is treated identical to all other data frames within the signal stream. When the data frame actually includes FEC parameters, it is characterized as a CP (Control Packet) type. For example, when decoding an MPEG stream, an MPEG block that includes FEC parameters, that MPEG block is characterized as a CP MPEG block. The means by which FEC parameters are encoded and extracted from the signal stream allows for much easier adaptive modification of the manner by which signal are encoded, modulated, and processed within a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Alan Y. Kwentus, Stephen Edward Krafft, Kevin M. Eddy, Steven T. Jaffe