Patents by Inventor Mark L. Powell

Mark L. Powell 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).

  • Digital cinema system hub for multiple exhibitor distribution
    Patent number: 7793323
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a media program comprising audiovisual data. The method comprises the steps of transmitting the audiovisual data from a ground center to a satellite; transponding the audiovisual data to a ground-based hub; and transmitting the audiovisual data from the ground-based hub to a display entity if the satellite is obscured from the display entity. The apparatus comprises a ground transmitter transmitting the audiovisual data from a ground center to a satellite; satellite for transponding the audiovisual data; and a ground-based hub, having a receiver for receiving the transponded audiovisual data and a hub transmitter for transmitting the audiovisual data from the ground-based hub to a display entity if the satellite is obscured from the display entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark L. Powell, David Confair, Michael David Repp
  • Digital cinema system hub multiple exhibitor distribution
    Publication number: 20030204851
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a media program comprising audiovisual data. The method comprises the steps of transmitting the audiovisual data from a ground center to a satellite; transponding the audiovisual data to a ground-based hub; and transmitting the audiovisual data from the ground-based hub to a display entity if the satellite is obscured from the display entity. The apparatus comprises a ground transmitter transmitting the audiovisual data from a ground center to a satellite; satellite for transponding the audiovisual data; and a ground-based hub, having a receiver for receiving the transponded audiovisual data and a hub transmitter for transmitting the audiovisual data from the ground-based hub to a display entity if the satellite is obscured from the display entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark L. Powell, David Confair, Michael David Repp