Patents by Inventor Stephen DeRodeff

Stephen DeRodeff 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).

  • Method and system for selecting and receiving digitally transmitted signals at a plurality of television receivers
    Patent number: 5828403
    Abstract: A method and system for broadcasting at least one of a plurality of digitally encoded signals transmitted by a network provider to a plurality of user programmable devices disposed in a single environment. A remote interface unit is coupled to each of the user programmable devices for receiving a user programming from one of the plurality of user programmable devices. The user programming selects one of the plurality of compressed, digitally encoded signals. A common set-top transceiver is operatively connected to each of the remote interface units and the network provider including a first receiver for receiving the user programming from each of the remote interface units and a transmitter for transmitting the user programming to the network provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignees: U S West, Inc., MediaOne Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen DeRodeff, Christopher J. Rust