Patents by Inventor Richard Woundy
Richard Woundy 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).
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Publication number: 20240105037Abstract: Methods, systems and computing devices are described herein for monitoring a premises when residents or other users are present in order to detect patterns of activity at the premises. Such patterns may comprise, for example, a typical schedule indicating usage of one or more devices by one or more users of the premises. When a user is away or otherwise inactive, commands may be sent to various user devices to make it appear (e.g., to those outside the premises) as if the user is present by simulating and/or recreating the patterns that were previously detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Amit Garg, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 11816968Abstract: Methods, systems and computing devices are described herein for monitoring a premises when residents or other users are present in order to detect patterns of activity at the premises. Such patterns may comprise, for example, a typical schedule indicating usage of one or more devices by one or more users of the premises. When a user is away or otherwise inactive, commands may be sent to various user devices to make it appear (e.g., to those outside the premises) as if the user is present by simulating and/or recreating the patterns that were previously detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Amit Garg, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 11438274Abstract: A network may provide latency optimization by configuring respective latency values of one or more network components. A latency manager may receive a request indicative of a maximum latency value of a communications path between two devices, and may determine a particular network latency value. The latency manager may then determine respective endpoint latency values for endpoint devices based on the maximum latency value and network latency values. In addition, buffer characteristics, such as buffer depth at particular devices, may be adjusted in view of the latencies.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Maurice Manuel Garcia, Richard Woundy
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Publication number: 20220139183Abstract: Methods, systems and computing devices are described herein for monitoring a premises when residents or other users are present in order to detect patterns of activity at the premises. Such patterns may comprise, for example, a typical schedule indicating usage of one or more devices by one or more users of the premises. When a user is away or otherwise inactive, commands may be sent to various user devices to make it appear (e.g., to those outside the premises) as if the user is present by simulating and/or recreating the patterns that were previously detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Amit Garg, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 11222516Abstract: Methods, systems and computing devices are described herein for monitoring a premises when residents or other users are present in order to detect patterns of activity at the premises. Such patterns may comprise, for example, a typical schedule indicating usage of one or more devices by one or more users of the premises. When a user is away or otherwise inactive, commands may be sent to various user devices to make it appear (e.g., to those outside the premises) as if the user is present by simulating and/or recreating the patterns that were previously detected.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Amit Garg, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 11184187Abstract: Method and system for Internet Protocol (IP) provisioning over a cable network. The method and system including a plurality of embedded settop boxes (eSTBs) of at least two different vendors requesting IP provisioning according to a first protocol. The method and system further including a network provisioning unit (NPU) in communication with the eSTBs over the network for responding to the eSTB IP provisioning requests with IP provisioning data, wherein the eSTB IP provisioning data is outputted according to the first protocol such that provisioning of the eSTBs is standard for each vendor in so far as each eSTB utilizes the first protocol for provisioning.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Richard Woundy, John G. Bevilacqua
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Publication number: 20210176180Abstract: A network may provide latency optimization by configuring respective latency values of one or more network components. A latency manager may receive a request indicative of a maximum latency value of a communications path between two devices, and may determine a particular network latency value. The latency manager may then determine respective endpoint latency values for endpoint devices based on the maximum latency value and network latency values. In addition, buffer characteristics, such as buffer depth at particular devices, may be adjusted in view of the latencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Maurice Manuel Garcia, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 10798009Abstract: A network may provide latency optimization by configuring respective latency values of one or more network components. A latency manager may receive a request indicative of a maximum latency value of a communications path between two devices, and may determine a particular network latency value. The latency manager may then determine respective endpoint latency values for endpoint devices based on the maximum latency value and network latency values. In addition, buffer characteristics, such as buffer depth at particular devices, may be adjusted in view of the latencies.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Maurice Manuel Garcia, Richard Woundy
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Publication number: 20190347918Abstract: Methods, systems and computing devices are described herein for monitoring a premises when residents or other users are present in order to detect patterns of activity at the premises. Such patterns may comprise, for example, a typical schedule indicating usage of one or more devices by one or more users of the premises. When a user is away or otherwise inactive, commands may be sent to various user devices to make it appear (e.g., to those outside the premises) as if the user is present by simulating and/or recreating the patterns that were previously detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Amit Garg, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 10410492Abstract: Methods, systems and computing devices are described herein for monitoring a premises when residents or other users are present in order to detect patterns of activity at the premises. Such patterns may comprise, for example, a typical schedule indicating usage of one or more devices by one or more users of the premises. When a user is away or otherwise inactive, commands may be sent to various user devices to make it appear (e.g., to those outside the premises) as if the user is present by simulating and/or recreating the patterns that were previously detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Amit Garg, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 10412433Abstract: A method and system of provisioning a set-top box (STB) with a STB provisioning system are provided which include storing STB profile information in a provisioning datastore, receiving a customer order at a service provisioning system, notifying a billing system of the customer order, and notifying a conditional access system of the customer order. The method and system further include storing information from the customer order in a provisioning datastore, notifying a video device manager about the STB, and delivering a cable operator configuration message from the video device manager to the STB, the configuration message being based on information from the provisioning datastore, thereby provisioning the STB without essential involvement of the conditional access system.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Kevin Taylor, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 10263860Abstract: Information from multiple sources can be communicated to a policy server. Based on that information, the policy server can determine allocation of bandwidth, transmission priority and/or other network resources based on preferences and/or service selections provided by a subscriber and communicate information about those determinations to other network elements for policy implementation. The information provided to a policy server for determining network resource allocation can include information about one or more applications executing at a customer equipment device, information about access network bandwidth usage, information about services for which one or more devices is authorized, and/or information about network conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Richard Woundy, Chris Bastian
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Publication number: 20190089638Abstract: A network may provide latency optimization by configuring respective latency values of one or more network components. A latency manager may receive a request indicative of a maximum latency value of a communications path between two devices, and may determine a particular network latency value. The latency manager may then determine respective endpoint latency values for endpoint devices based on the maximum latency value and network latency values. In addition, buffer characteristics, such as buffer depth at particular devices, may be adjusted in view of the latencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Maurice Manuel Garcia, Richard Woundy
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Publication number: 20190088099Abstract: Methods, systems and computing devices are described herein for monitoring a premises when residents or other users are present in order to detect patterns of activity at the premises. Such patterns may comprise, for example, a typical schedule indicating usage of one or more devices by one or more users of the premises. When a user is away or otherwise inactive, commands may be sent to various user devices to make it appear (e.g., to those outside the premises) as if the user is present by simulating and/or recreating the patterns that were previously detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Amit Garg, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 9191329Abstract: A network may provide latency optimization by configuring respective latency values of one or more network components. A latency manager may receive a request indicative of a maximum latency value of a communications path between two devices, and may determine a particular network latency value. The latency manager may then determine respective endpoint latency values for endpoint devices based on the maximum latency value and network latency values. In addition, buffer characteristics, such as buffer depth at particular devices, may be adjusted in view of the latencies.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Maurice Manuel Garcia, Richard Woundy
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Publication number: 20140204743Abstract: A network may provide latency optimization by configuring respective latency values of one or more network components. A latency manager may receive a request indicative of a maximum latency value of a communications path between two devices, and may determine a particular network latency value. The latency manager may then determine respective endpoint latency values for endpoint devices based on the maximum latency value and network latency values. In addition, buffer characteristics, such as buffer depth at particular devices, may be adjusted in view of the latencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventors: Maurice Manuel Garcia, Richard Woundy
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Publication number: 20140053184Abstract: A method and system of provisioning a set-top box (STB) with a STB provisioning system are provided which include storing STB profile information in a provisioning datastore, receiving a customer order at a service provisioning system, notifying a billing system of the customer order, and notifying a conditional access system of the customer order. The method and system further include storing information from the customer order in a provisioning datastore, notifying a video device manager about the STB, and delivering a cable operator configuration message from the video device manager to the STB, the configuration message being based on information from the provisioning datastore, thereby provisioning the STB without essential involvement of the conditional access system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Kevin Taylor, Richard Woundy
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Patent number: 8644161Abstract: A shared channel used to communicate between a cable modem termination system and multiple cable modems is managed to prevent and/or reduce the impact of congestion. If the average channel utilization is above a near-congestion threshold, a cable modem in an extended high consumption state is assigned a reduced data transmission priority for managed traffic. Priority for that cable modem is restored to a default preferred level when the channel usage by that cable modem drops below a predetermined level or when the average aggregate channel utilization by all cable modems drops below the near-congestion threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Richard Woundy, Jason Livingood, Chris Bastian, Thomas E. Klieber, James Cary Mills, II, Matthew J. Scully, Peter J. Sevcik, John Reed Bartlett
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Patent number: 8595758Abstract: A method and system of provisioning a set-top box (STB) with a STB provisioning system are provided which include storing STB profile information in a provisioning datastore, receiving a customer order at a service provisioning system, notifying a billing system of the customer order, and notifying a conditional access system of the customer order. The method and system further include storing information from the customer order in a provisioning datastore, notifying a video device manager about the STB, and delivering a cable operator configuration message from the video device manager to the STB, the configuration message being based on information from the provisioning datastore, thereby provisioning the STB without essential involvement of the conditional access system.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Comcast Cable Holdings, LLCInventors: Kevin Taylor, Richard Woundy
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Publication number: 20120120807Abstract: A shared channel used to communicate between a cable modem termination system and multiple cable modems is managed to prevent and/or reduce the impact of congestion. If the average channel utilization is above a near-congestion threshold, a cable modem in an extended high consumption state is assigned a reduced data transmission priority for managed traffic. Priority for that cable modem is restored to a default preferred level when the channel usage by that cable modem drops below a predetermined level or when the average aggregate channel utilization by all cable modems drops below the near-congestion threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Richard Woundy, Jason Livingood, Chris Bastian, Thomas E. Klieber, James Mills, II, Matthew J. Scully, Peter J. Sevcik, John Reed Bartlett