Patents by Inventor Patrick T. Robbins

Patrick T. Robbins 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).

  • System and method for providing integrated voice, video and data to customer premises over a single network
    Patent number: 7075919
    Abstract: A method for providing integrated voice, video, and data content in an integrated service offering to one or more customer premises includes receiving television programming from a programming source, receiving data from a data network, and receiving telephone communications from a telephone network. The method further includes placing the television programming, data, and telephone communications in a common format for integrated communication over a single network infrastructure using a common communication protocol. In addition, the method includes communicating the integrated television programming, data, and telephone communications in the common format over the single network infrastructure using the common communication protocol to one or more customer premises to provide the integrated service offering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Wendt, Patrick T. Robbins, Allen D. Easty, Michael J. Tobias