Patents by Inventor Mark Friedell

Mark Friedell 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).

  • Patent number: 5491508
    Abstract: A video signal distribution hub for a video conferencing network in which workstations generate RF video signals. The hub includes a plurality of workstation ports, a plurality of hub ports, a first circuit module and a second circuit module. The first circuit module generates an output signal for each of the workstation ports by combining all of the video signals received over the input lines of all of the workstation ports and all of the hub ports to generate a combined signal. The video signal sent to the workstation port is derived from the combined signal. The second circuit module includes an RF amplifier for each of the hub ports. For each of the hub ports, the second circuit module combines the video signals received over the input lines of all of the workstation ports with the video signals received over the input lines of all of the other hub ports to generate a composite signal that is supplied to the input of the RF amplifier for that hub port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Lotus Development Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Friedell, Martin L. Moeller