Patents by Inventor Sandra D. Alden

Sandra D. Alden 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: 11425579
    Abstract: A user interface for a distributed antenna system (DAS) is provided. When executed by a processor, a signal distribution engine receives information about signals transported by the DAS and components of the DAS. The signal engine generates a signal set assignment user interface including a list of signals transported by the DAS and a signal set formation area for receiving a signal set. The signal engine also generates a signal distribution user interface that includes representations of signal sets, hardware components, and associations between hardware components. In response to receiving a request to associate the signal set with a specified hardware component, a command is output to configure a signal path so that signals in the signal set are provided to the specified hardware component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sandra D. Alden, Van E. Hanson, Michael J. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20210219150
    Abstract: A telecommunications system including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a signal distribution engine is provided. The signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to detect incoming signals received by a DAS that includes a headend unit coupled to RAU(s) using a communication cables or optical fiber; determine information about the detected signals; assign specified signals received by the DAS to a specified RAU in response to a user input via a signal distribution graphical user interface, which includes representations of and associations between the specified signals, headend unit, and RAU(s), that manually associates the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit; and in response to the user input, output instructions regarding how to route the specified signals from the headend unit to the specified remote antenna unit over a communication cable or optical fiber communicatively coupled to the specified remote antenna unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sandra D. Alden, Van E. Hanson, Michael J. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20150019979
    Abstract: A user interface for a distributed antenna system (DAS) is provided. When executed by a processor, a signal distribution engine receives information about signals transported by the DAS and components of the DAS. The signal engine generates a signal set assignment user interface including a list of signals transported by the DAS and a signal set formation area for receiving a signal set. The signal engine also generates a signal distribution user interface that includes representations of signal sets, hardware components, and associations between hardware components. In response to receiving a request to associate the signal set with a specified hardware component, a command is output to configure a signal path so that signals in the signal set are provided to the specified hardware component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: ANDREW LLC
    Inventors: Sandra D. Alden, Van E. Hanson, Michael J. Williamson