Patents by Inventor Mark A. McCleary

Mark A. McCleary 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).

  • Device and method for storing a plurality of overlapping recordings of a same digital video and/or audio stream
    Patent number: 9924219
    Abstract: In storing of a plurality of overlapping recordings of a same digital video and/or audio stream, resource optimization is obtained through reuse of allocated resources when multiple record actions are operated on a same digital video and/or audio stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Bruno Le Garjan, Franck Adam, Mark A. McCleary
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF OVERLAPPING RECORDINGS OF A SAME DIGITAL VIDEO AND/OR AUDIO STREAM
    Publication number: 20150312621
    Abstract: In storing of a plurality of overlapping recordings of a same digital video and/or audio stream, resource optimization is obtained through reuse of allocated resources when multiple record actions are operated on a same digital video and/or audio stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: THOMAS LICENSING
    Inventors: Bruno Le GARJAN, Franck ADAM, Mark A. McCLEARY
  • System and method for inserting sync bytes into transport packets
    Patent number: 8079049
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for inserting sync bytes into a video transport stream. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising determining a parsing procedure supported by a first set top box, appending a first transport packet to comply with the parsing procedure of the first set top box, and transmitting the first transport packet to the first set top box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Barry Jay Weber, Mark A. McCleary, Steven Ray True
  • System and method for selecting a multicast IP address
    Patent number: 7912049
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for selecting a multicast IP address. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising selecting a first IP address from a plurality of IP addresses, hashing the first IP address to create a first hash value corresponding to the first IP address, determining whether the first hash value corresponds to a second IP address that is in use, and allocating the first IP address if the first hash value does not correspond to the second IP address that is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventors: Gary Robert Gutknecht, Mark A. McCleary
  • System And Method For Advertising The Availability Of A Software Upgrade
    Publication number: 20090210911
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for advertising the availability of a software upgrade. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising determining a version of software that supports a set top box, adding information indicative of whether the set top box is running the supporting version of the software to a packet, wherein the packet contains data representative of a satellite service, and transmitting the packet to the set top box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Gary Robert Gutknecht, Robert Vincent Krakora, Mark A. McCleary
  • System and method for inserting sync bytes into transport packets
    Publication number: 20090007190
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for inserting sync bytes into a video transport stream. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising determining a parsing procedure supported by a first set top box, appending a first transport packet to comply with the parsing procedure of the first set top box, and transmitting the first transport packet to the first set top box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Barry Jay Weber, Mark A. McCleary, Steven Ray True
  • System and method for selecting a multicast IP address
    Publication number: 20090003352
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for selecting a multicast IP address. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising selecting a first IP address from a plurality of IP addresses, hashing the first IP address to create a first hash value corresponding to the first IP address, determining whether the first hash value corresponds to a second IP address that is in use, and allocating the first IP address if the first hash value does not correspond to the second IP address that is in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Gary Robert Gutknecht, Mark A. McCleary