Patents by Inventor Pragash Pillai

Pragash Pillai 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).

  • Power outage detection
    Patent number: 11262391
    Abstract: Methods and systems to detect power outage are provided herein. The system includes a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) to periodically poll cable modems and determine cable modems of the plurality of cable modems that are offline based on the poll. The system correlates and aggregates locations of the cable modems that are offline to determine a geographic area where a percentage of the cable modems that are offline is higher than a predetermined threshold. A report is generated indicating a power outage in the geographic area when the percentage is above the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Robert G. Lee, John Nicastro, Pragash Pillai, Brian Daniels
  • Detection of impairments in a network system
    Patent number: 10721539
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a system an method for detecting impairments in a network. The network may be a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network. The system may include a node evaluation unit for evaluating the operation of one or more nodes in the network to determine whether the nodes are operating as desired, or whether service is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Pragash Pillai, John Nicastro, Todd Kuty, Brian Daniels, Robert Zito
  • Power outage detection
    Patent number: 10585124
    Abstract: Methods and systems to detect power outage are provided herein. The system includes a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) to periodically poll cable modems and determine cable modems of the plurality of cable modems that are offline based on the poll. The system correlates and aggregates locations of the cable modems that are offline to determine a geographic area where a percentage of the cable modems that are offline is higher than a predetermined threshold. A report is generated indicating a power outage in the geographic area when the percentage is above the pre-determined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Robert G. Lee, John Nicastro, Pragash Pillai, Brian Daniels
  • Detection of impairments in a network system
    Patent number: 9160447
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a system an method for detecting impairments in a network. The network may be a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network. The system may include a node evaluation unit for evaluating the operation of one or more nodes in the network to determine whether the nodes are operating as desired, or whether service is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Pragash Pillai, John Nicastro, Todd Kuty, Brian Daniels, Robert Zito