Patents by Inventor Paul Hodgins

Paul Hodgins 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).

  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: 6920142
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal Id by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: 6920140
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: 6847648
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: 6834055
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: 6819653
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribution entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: 6208655
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.,
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
  • Decode and encode system
    Patent number: 5901149
    Abstract: According to decode system and method of the present invention in which a system clock is generated on the basis of a time stamp contained in transmission data to be transmitted every packet, and the transmission data are decoded on the basis of the system clock, the transmission data are stored into a buffer memory before a time stamp is extracted, and a packet storage amount of the transmission data stored in the buffer memory is detected to increase the read-out rate of the transmission data from the buffer memory when the storage amount is larger than a predetermined reference value and reduce the read-out rate of the transmission data from the buffer memory when the storage amount is smaller than the predetermined reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Eisaburo Itakura, Paul Hodgins
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: RE41091
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Service Center (Europe) N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, John De Vos
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: RE42587
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Service Center (Europe) N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: RE44702
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
  • Method and apparatus for serving data
    Patent number: RE45756
    Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SONY EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejeans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos