Patents by Inventor Paul F. Whittlesey
Paul F. Whittlesey 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).
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Patent number: 8594506Abstract: A method and system can propagate upstream cable modem signals and radio-frequency (RF) return video control signals over the same passive optical network (PON). The method and system can include various combinations of hardware and software to support this operation. Three exemplary embodiments of optical network terminals (ONT) of a DPON system improve performance of the system by ensuring that, in the event the upstream transmitters of two ONTs are turned on simultaneously, they will not interfere with each other. The system is designed such that in a situation of competing transmissions, the one which is received and processed by the head end out of two competing transmissions originating from a set top box and a cable modem, will be the one originating from the cable modem, which may use the DOCSIS cable modem protocol.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Aurora Networks, Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, Paul F. Whittlesey
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Patent number: 8396369Abstract: A method and system can propagate upstream cable modem signals and radio-frequency (RF) return video control signals over the same passive optical network (PON). The method and system can include various combinations of hardware and software to support this operation. Three exemplary embodiments of optical network terminals (ONT) of a DPON system improve performance of the system by ensuring that, in the event the upstream transmitters of two ONTs are turned on simultaneously, they will not interfere with each other. The system is designed such that in a situation of competing transmissions, the one which is received and processed by the head end out of two competing transmissions originating from a set top box and a cable modem, will be the one originating from the cable modem, which may use the DOCSIS cable modem protocol.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Aurora Networks, Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, Paul F. Whittlesey
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Patent number: 7953325Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Enablence USA FTTX Networks, Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Patrick W. Quinn, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Publication number: 20100046947Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ENABLENCE USA FTTX NETWORKS INC.Inventors: James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Patrick W. Quinn, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Patent number: 7623786Abstract: The present invention is generally drawn to optical network architecture that can include a multi-subscriber optical interface that can service a plurality of subscribers that are located in close proximity relative to one another. For example, the multi-subscriber optical interface can service multiple dwelling units such as an apartment complex that has many different subscribers to the optical network system. Further, the invention can also service subscribers over the same optical waveguide who may have different bandwidth needs, such as businesses, personal/home users and the like.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Enablence USA FTTX Networks, Inc.Inventors: Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella, James O. Farmer
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Patent number: 7606492Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor bandwidth transforming node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor bandwidth transforming node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the bandwidth transforming node. The bandwidth transforming node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The bandwidth transforming node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the bandwidth transforming node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The bandwidth transforming node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the bandwidth transforming node can increase upstream and downstream bandwidth and transmission speed by propagating data signals at different wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Enablence USA FTTX Networks Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, Paul F. Whittlesey, Patrick W. Quinn, John J. Kenny, Emmanuel A. Vella, Thomas A. Tighe
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Patent number: 7599622Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Enablence USA FTTX Networks Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Patrick W. Quinn, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Patent number: 7269350Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Patrick W. Quinn, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Patent number: 7218855Abstract: The present invention is generally drawn to optical network architecture that can include a multi-subscriber optical interface that can service a plurality of subscribers that are located in close proximity relative to one another. For example, the multi-subscriber optical interface can service multiple dwelling units such as an apartment complex that has many different subscribers to the optical network system. Further, the invention can also service subscribers over the same optical waveguide who may have different bandwidth needs, such as businesses, personal/home users and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2002Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella, James O. Farmer
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Patent number: 7197244Abstract: Unlike the conventional art which polices data at the entry points of a network, a transceiver node can police or monitor downstream bandwidths for quality of service at exit portions of an optical network. That is, the transceiver node can police downstream communication traffic near the outer edges of an optical network that are physically close to the subscribers of the optical network. In this way, a network provider can control the volume or content (or both) of downstream communications that are received by subscribers of the optical network. In addition to controlling the volume of communications that can be received by a subscriber, the transceiver node employs a plurality of priority assignment values for communication traffic. Some priority assignment values are part of a weighted random early discard algorithm that enables an output buffer to determine whether to drop data packets that are destined for a particular subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2001Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: Stephen A. Thomas, Kevin Bourg, Joe Caltagirone, Patrick W. Quinn, James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Patent number: 7130541Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor bandwidth transforming node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor bandwidth transforming node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the bandwidth transforming node. The bandwidth transforming node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The bandwidth transforming node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the bandwidth transforming node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The bandwidth transforming node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the bandwidth transforming node can increase upstream and downstream bandwidth and transmission speed by propagating data signals at different wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2001Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, Paul F. Whittlesey, Patrick W. Quinn, John J. Kenny, Emmanuel A. Vella, Thomas A. Tighe
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Patent number: 7085281Abstract: A protocol for an optical network can control the time at which subscriber optical interfaces of an optical network are permitted to transmit data to a transceiver node. The protocol can prevent collisions of upstream transmissions between the subscriber optical interfaces of a particular subscriber group. With the protocol, a transceiver node close to the subscriber can allocate additional or reduced upstream bandwidth based upon the demand of one or more subscribers. That is, a transceiver node close to a subscriber can monitor (or police) and adjust a subscriber's upstream bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The protocol can account for aggregates of packets rather than individual packets. By performing calculation on aggregates of packets, the algorithm can execute less frequently which, in turn, permits its implementation in lower performance and lower cost devices, such as software executing in a general purpose microprocessor.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2001Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: Stephen A. Thomas, Kevin Bourg, Deven Anthony, Patrick W. Quinn, James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Patent number: 6973271Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2001Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Patrick W. Quinn, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Publication number: 20030086140Abstract: Unlike the conventional art which polices data at the entry points of a network, a transceiver node can police or monitor downstream bandwidths for quality of service at exit portions of an optical network. That is, the transceiver node can police downstream communication traffic near the outer edges of an optical network that are physically close to the subscribers of the optical network. In this way, a network provider can control the volume or content (or both) of downstream communications that are received by subscribers of the optical network. In addition to controlling the volume of communications that can be received by a subscriber, the transceiver node employs a plurality of priority assignment values for communication traffic. Some priority assignment values are part of a weighted random early discard algorithm that enables an output buffer to determine whether to drop data packets that are destined for a particular subscriber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2001Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: Stephen A. Thomas, Kevin Bourg, Joe Caltagirone, Patrick W. Quinn, James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Publication number: 20030016692Abstract: A protocol for an optical network can control the time at which subscriber optical interfaces of an optical network are permitted to transmit data to a transceiver node. The protocol can prevent collisions of upstream transmissions between the subscriber optical interfaces of a particular subscriber group. With the protocol, a transceiver node close to the subscriber can allocate additional or reduced upstream bandwidth based upon the demand of one or more subscribers. That is, a transceiver node close to a subscriber can monitor (or police) and adjust a subscriber's upstream bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The protocol can account for aggregates of packets rather than individual packets. By performing calculation on aggregates of packets, the algorithm can execute less frequently which, in turn, permits its implementation in lower performance and lower cost devices, such as software executing in a general purpose microprocessor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Applicant: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: Stephen A. Thomas, Kevin Bourg, Deven Anthony, Patrick W. Quinn, James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella
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Publication number: 20030007220Abstract: The present invention is generally drawn to optical network architecture that can include a multi-subscriber optical interface that can service a plurality of subscribers that are located in close proximity relative to one another. For example, the multi-subscriber optical interface can service multiple dwelling units such as an apartment complex that has many different subscribers to the optical network system. Further, the invention can also service subscribers over the same optical waveguide who may have different bandwidth needs, such as businesses, personal/home users and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Applicant: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella, James O. Farmer
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Publication number: 20020089725Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor bandwidth transforming node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor bandwidth transforming node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the bandwidth transforming node. The bandwidth transforming node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The bandwidth transforming node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the bandwidth transforming node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The bandwidth transforming node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the bandwidth transforming node can increase upstream and downstream bandwidth and transmission speed by propagating data signals at different wavelengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Applicant: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, Paul F. Whittlesey, Patrick W. Quinn, John J. Kenny, Emmanuel A. Vella, Thomas A. Tighe
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Publication number: 20020039218Abstract: An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off the shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2001Publication date: April 4, 2002Applicant: Wave7 Optics, Inc.Inventors: James O. Farmer, John J. Kenny, Patrick W. Quinn, Thomas A. Tighe, Paul F. Whittlesey, Emmanuel A. Vella