Patents by Inventor M. Fatein Mahmoud

M. Fatein Mahmoud 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).

  • Multi-location video conference system
    Patent number: 4882743
    Abstract: The invention, which can be used with AT&T SKYNET.RTM. digital satellite communications service allows a conference director to control a teleconference between several conference rooms. In this invention there are two transmitting channels, one being identified as a broadcast channel and the other is identified as an auxiliary channel. The conference director can assign the broadcast channel to any room and the auxiliary channel to any other room. The video signal on the broadcast channel is sent to a first satellite dish for frequency division multiple access transmission via a satellite to all of the other conference rooms. The video signal on the auxiliary channel is sent to a second satellite dish for frequency division multiple access transmission via the satellite to the conference room from which the broadcast channel originates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignees: American Telephone and Telegraph, AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventor: M. Fatein Mahmoud