Patents by Inventor Richard K. Newman

Richard K. Newman 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).

  • Exploitation of null packets in packetized digital television systems
    Patent number: 7848364
    Abstract: A system and method for adding auxiliary data DA to an output data stream from a statistical multiplexer is disclosed. An auxiliary multiplexer accepts a statistically multiplexed data stream, and substitutes auxiliary data packets for null data packets. The auxiliary multiplexer controls the number of null packets in the statistically multiplexed data stream by controlling the target bandwidth BT of the statistical multiplexer, or by modifying the statistical multiplexer equation to make the auxiliary data stream a participant in the negotiation process of allocating throughput among the data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon J. Stranger, Hanno Basse, James A. Michener, Robert H. Plummer, Richard K. Newman
  • EXPLOITATION OF NULL PACKETS IN PACKETIZED DIGITAL TELEVISION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20080198876
    Abstract: A system and method for adding auxiliary data DA to an output data stream from a statistical multiplexer is disclosed. An auxiliary multiplexer accepts a statistically multiplexed data stream, and substitutes auxiliary data packets for null data packets. The auxiliary multiplexer controls the number of null packets in the statistically multiplexed data stream by controlling the target bandwidth BT of the statistical multiplexer, or by modifying the statistical multiplexer equation to make the auxiliary data stream a participant in the negotiation process of allocating throughput among the data sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon J. Stranger, Hanno Basse, James A. Michener, Robert H. Plummer, Richard K. Newman
  • Exploitation of null packets in packetized digital television systems
    Patent number: 7376159
    Abstract: A system and method for adding auxiliary data DA to an output data stream from a statistical multiplexer is disclosed. An auxiliary multiplexer accepts a statistically multiplexed data stream, and substitutes auxiliary data packets for null data packets. The auxiliary multiplexer controls the number of null packets in the statistically multiplexed data stream by controlling the target bandwidth BT of the statistical multiplexer, or by modifying the statistical multiplexer equation to make the auxiliary data stream a participant in the negotiation process of allocating throughput among the data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon J. Stanger, Hanno Basse, James A. Michener, Robert H. Plummer, Richard K. Newman