Patents by Inventor R. Scott McCaskill

R. Scott McCaskill 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).

  • Patent number: 7516387
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting IP packets arranged in an L×D matrix comprising data packets and L number of FEC packets, L corresponding to a number of columns in the matrix, and D corresponding to a number rows in the matrix includes assigning a first location in the matrix as an FEC packet location, skipping D number of locations in the matrix from the most recently assigned FEC packet location to a new location, and determining if the new location is positioned in the same column as an existing FEC packet location. The new location is assigned as an FEC packet location if it is determined that the new location is not positioned in the same column as an existing FEC packet location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: James Q. Arnold, Robert L. Doran, R. Scott McCaskill
  • Patent number: 7286571
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing on-demand datacasting. A system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a rate generator for controlling the rate at which data signals are combined with audio/video signals. The system may also include a system controller for controlling the rate of the rate generator. The system controller may also monitor the complexity of the audio/video signals, calculate an average complexity of the audio/video signals, calculate an average complexity of the audio/video signals and determine whether the average complexity is greater than the typical complexity of audio/video signals. The system controller may adjust the rate of the rate generator based on the determination of whether the average complexity of the audio/video signals is greater than the typical complexity of audio/video signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: John Norman Mailhot, R. Scott McCaskill, Rajesh Rajagopalan, Robert A. Resuta, Michael J. Scheutzow
  • Publication number: 20040013136
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing on-demand datacasting. A system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a rate generator for controlling the rate at which data signals are combined with audio/video signals. The system may also include a system controller for controlling the rate of the rate generator. The system controller may also monitor the complexity of the audio/video signals, calculate an average complexity of the audio/video signals, calculate an average complexity of the audio/video signals and determine whether the average complexity is greater than the typical complexity of audio/video signals. The system controller may adjust the rate of the rate generator based on the determination of whether the average complexity of the audio/video signals is greater than the typical complexity of audio/video signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: John Norman Mailhot, R. Scott McCaskill, Rajesh Rajagopalan, Robert A. Resuta, Michael J. Scheutzow