Patents by Inventor Robert Edward Mack

Robert Edward Mack 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).

  • In-band signaling to control encryption and transcoding resources in VOD/On-Demand system
    Patent number: 7765566
    Abstract: A method for controlling flow of a video content signal through a communications system, such as a video on-demand system creates a unique message for each individual video content signal and attaches the unique message to each individual video content signal prior to transmitting the video content signal through the communications system to a designed end user system. In one exemplary embodiment, the unique message comprises an in-band signaling message, such as a message inserted in a program map table in an MPEG packetized signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Brown, Arthur P. Jost, Robert Edward Mack
  • In-band signaling to control encryption and transcoding resources in VOD/On-Demand system
    Publication number: 20060002551
    Abstract: A method for controlling flow of a video content signal through a communications system, such as a video on-demand system creates a unique message for each individual video content signal and attaches the unique message to each individual video content signal prior to transmitting the video content signal through the communications system to a designed end user system. In one exemplary embodiment, the unique message comprises an in-band signaling message, such as a message inserted in a program map table in an MPEG packetized signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Brown, Arthur Jost, Robert Edward Mack
  • Method and apparatus for identifying data streams as networks
    Publication number: 20030198223
    Abstract: Data received from a network can be routed to a datastream. One embodiment of the invention allows IP data to be transmitted via data packets that include a destination address for the data. The destination address can be used to identify a data stream, such as an MPEG PID stream which makes up part of a transport stream in a cable system. Thus, the MPEG PID stream/transport stream can be identified using an IP address and network mask, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Edward Mack, Art Jost