Patents by Inventor Malcolm Herring

Malcolm Herring 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).

  • Method and system for communicating broadband content
    Patent number: 7251243
    Abstract: A method of, and an apparatus for, providing broadband services to multiple remote units located at a client premise via a single communication line are provided. Authorization data is communicated from distribution equipment to the remote units and the authorization data authorizes one of the remote units to transmit data to the distribution equipment. The authorization data is included in a DSL frame and is sequentially changed thereby sequentially to authorize each remote unit one at a time to transmit data. The distribution equipment provides the authorization data in a control word of a frame header of a VDSL frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Tut Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Malcolm Herring
  • Method and system for communicating broadband content
    Publication number: 20030142667
    Abstract: A method of, and an apparatus for, providing broadband services to multiple remote units located at a client premise via a single communication line are provided. Authorization data is communicated from distribution equipment to the remote units and the authorization data authorizes one of the remote units to transmit data to the distribution equipment. The authorization data is included in a DSL frame and is sequentially changed thereby sequentially to authorize each remote unit one at a time to transmit data. The distribution equipment provides the authorization data in a control word of a frame header of a VDSL frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventor: Malcolm Herring