Patents by Inventor Prasanna M. Shah

Prasanna M. Shah 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).

  • Publication number: 20040049791
    Abstract: A method and system for switching signals over conductors is disclosed. The method and system comprises a plurality of encoders for receiving signals from a plurality of sources. The system further comprises a crosspoint switching matrix means for receiving encoded signals from the plurality of encoders and for providing decoded signals to a plurality of receivers. The crosspoint switching matrix means in a preferred embodiment includes a control system for controlling multiple remote receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Prasanna M. Shah, Robert L. Taber, Herbert J. Kniess
  • Patent number: 6636931
    Abstract: A method and system for switching signals over conductors is disclosed. The method and system comprises a plurality of encoders for receiving signals from a plurality of sources. The system further comprises a crosspoint switching matrix means for receiving encoded signals from the plurality of encoders and for providing encoded signals to a plurality of receivers. The crosspoint switching matrix means in a preferred embodiment includes a control system which is controlled by multiple remote receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Pragmatic Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna M. Shah, Robert L. Taber, Herbert J. Kniess
  • Patent number: 6359610
    Abstract: A wireless interface system comprising a set of input ports for keyboard, pointing device, and joystick signals, a data encoding circuit, a transmission unit, a receiving unit, a data decoding circuit, a keyboard data multiplexer unit, a pointing device data multiplexer unit, a joystick signal multiplexer unit, and a set of output interfaces for connecting to the corresponding computer ports. This system allows for the user to have a keyboard, pointing device, and joystick remotely located from the computer, and each input device shares a single wireless communication link to send its data to the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Pragmatic Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna M. Shah, Robert L. Taber, Herbert J. Kniess
  • Publication number: 20020026552
    Abstract: A method and system for switching signals over conductors is disclosed. The method and system comprises a plurality of encoders for receiving signals from a plurality of sources. The system further comprises a crosspoint switching matrix means for receiving encoded signals from the plurality of encoders and for providing decoded signals to a plurality of receivers. The crosspoint switching matrix means in a preferred embodiment includes a control system for controlling multiple remote receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: PRASANNA M. SHAH, ROBERT L. TABER, HERBERT J. KNIESS
  • Patent number: 4845466
    Abstract: A transceiver system for high speed, low bit-error rate data communications over a.c. power lines in the presence of repetitive impulse noise includes an a.c. power line coupling network, a power line communications modem, and a microprocessor with a memory and a programmed avoidance algorithm. The a.c. line coupling network includes a zero crossing circuit to detect the start of each a.c. cycle; a transient-voltage limiting front end to detect impluse noises above a threshold and minimize ringing, and a timing circuit to determine the time and duration of each impulse in each sampled a.c. cycle. The microprocessor records the start and stop times of impulses, repetitively scans several a.c. cycles and determines whether or not the impulses are periodic. For periodic impulses, the microprocessor blocks communication on the modem during the impulses, enabling the transceiver to transmit and receive between impulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Signetics Corporation
    Inventors: Dan I. Hariton, Prasanna M. Shah