Patents by Inventor Stephen Glennon
Stephen Glennon 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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Patent number: 11930404Abstract: A radio access network (RAN) node is provided for a small cell of a wireless access network having a coaxial line. The RAN node includes an input operably coupled with the coaxial line and an output configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one user equipment device within an operable vicinity of the wireless access network. The RAN node further includes a transmission path configured to (i) connect the input to the output, and (ii) communicate a first radio frequency (RF) signal from the input to the output, and a reception path separate from the transmission path, and configured to (i) connect the output to the input, and (ii) communicate a second radio frequency (RF) signal from the output to the input. The RAN node is configured to dynamically switch between the transmission path and the reception path in response to a tone received from the wireless access network.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Glennon, Luis Alberto Campos, Mario Di Dio
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Patent number: 11678232Abstract: A method for providing continuous wireless communication service includes (a) transmitting a first UniCast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) after transmitting the first UniCast beacon to the first UE station, handing off the first UE station from the first WTP to a second WTP, and (c) transmitting a second UniCast beacon from the second WTP to the first UE station, each of the first and second UniCast beacons including a common first basic service set identifier (BSSID).Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Kevin E. Mahoney, Stephen Glennon, Stephen Arendt
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Patent number: 11545852Abstract: A method for remote monitoring includes (1) generating first sensor data from a first sensor at a first network node of a communications network and (2) sending the first sensor data from the first sensor to a second network node that is remote from the first network node, via the communications network. The first network node is powered from an electrical power grid that is separate from the communications network. The first sensor data may be raw sensor data and/or lossless sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Scott L. Caruso, Darshak Thakore, Stephen Glennon
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Patent number: 11539396Abstract: An interface device for communicatively coupling a first communication medium and a second communication medium includes a radio frequency (RF) processor and a frequency shifting subsystem. The RF processor is configured to receive a first data signal from the first communication medium and convert the first data signal to a plurality of first internal RF signals having a common center frequency. The frequency shifting subsystem is configured to shift the plurality of first internal RF signals having the common center frequency to respective first external RF signals having different respective center frequencies, for transmission on the second communication medium. The second communication medium may be a coaxial electrical cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Mario Di Dio, Stephen Glennon
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Patent number: 11284311Abstract: A radio access network (RAN) node is provided for a small cell of a wireless access network having a coaxial line. The RAN node includes an input operably coupled with the coaxial line and an output configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one user equipment device within an operable vicinity of the wireless access network. The RAN node further includes a transmission path configured to (i) connect the input to the output, and (ii) communicate a first radio frequency (RF) signal from the input to the output, and a reception path separate from the transmission path, and configured to (i) connect the output to the input, and (ii) communicate a second radio frequency (RF) signal from the output to the input. The RAN node is configured to dynamically switch between the transmission path and the reception path in response to a tone received from the wireless access network.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Glennon, Luis Alberto Campos, Mario Di Dio
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Patent number: 10897727Abstract: A method for providing continuous wireless communication service includes (a) transmitting a first UniCast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) after transmitting the first UniCast beacon to the first UE station, handing off the first UE station from the first WTP to a second WTP, and (c) transmitting a second UniCast beacon from the second WTP to the first UE station, each of the first and second UniCast beacons including a common first basic service set identifier (BSSID).Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Kevin E. Mahoney, Stephen Glennon, Stephen Arendt
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Patent number: 10726194Abstract: Linking, tying, referencing or otherwise utilizing characters, images, alphanumerical values, codes and other metadata to link content, media, information, data and other electronically transmittable matter to an application, program, process or other logically executing construct is contemplated. Such content linking may include but is not necessarily limited to enabling content linking without requiring a server or other entity posting a corresponding link to host the linked-to content.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Glennon, David Agranoff, Stephen Buck
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Publication number: 20200112888Abstract: A radio access network (RAN) node is provided for a small cell of a wireless access network having a coaxial line. The RAN node includes an input operably coupled with the coaxial line and an output configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one user equipment device within an operable vicinity of the wireless access network. The RAN node further includes a transmission path configured to (i) connect the input to the output, and (ii) communicate a first radio frequency (RF) signal from the input to the output, and a reception path separate from the transmission path, and configured to (i) connect the output to the input, and (ii) communicate a second radio frequency (RF) signal from the output to the input. The RAN node is configured to dynamically switch between the transmission path and the reception path in response to a tone received from the wireless access network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Stephen Glennon, Luis Alberto Campos, Mario Di Dio
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Publication number: 20190373517Abstract: A method for providing continuous wireless communication service includes (a) transmitting a first UniCast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) after transmitting the first UniCast beacon to the first UE station, handing off the first UE station from the first WTP to a second WTP, and (c) transmitting a second UniCast beacon from the second WTP to the first UE station, each of the first and second UniCast beacons including a common first basic service set identifier (BSSID).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Kevin E. Mahoney, Stephen Glennon, Stephen Arendt
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Patent number: 9832494Abstract: Insertion of an advertisement within a television program or other media/content is contemplated. The advertisement insertion may be achieved when the media/content is originally transported with advertisement avails or other portions designated for advertisement insertion and those portions are difficult to discover, unknown, removed, obfuscated and/or generally inaccessible to a client facilitating play of the media/content.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Edward Miller, Stephen Glennon
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Publication number: 20170293594Abstract: Linking, tying, referencing or otherwise utilizing characters, images, alphanumerical values, codes and other metadata to link content, media, information, data and other electronically transmittable matter to an application, program, process or other logically executing construct is contemplated. Such content linking may include but is not necessarily limited to enabling content linking without requiring a server or other entity posting a corresponding link to host the linked-to content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Stephen Glennon, David Agranoff, Stephen Buck
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Patent number: 9690759Abstract: Linking, tying, referencing or otherwise utilizing characters, images, alphanumerical values, codes and other metadata to link content, media, information, data and other electronically transmittable matter to an application, program, process or other logically executing construct is contemplated. Such content linking may include but is not necessarily limited to enabling content linking without requiring a server or other entity posting a corresponding link to host the linked-to content.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Glennon, David Agranoff, Stephen Buck
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Patent number: 9456249Abstract: A multidimensional navigator configured to facilitate navigation to electronic content is contemplated. The navigator may include a plurality of dimensions and/or levels whereby each level displays electronic content available for navigation. The electronic content identified within each level may be arranged in a fisheye configuration comprising a plurality of rings where each ring identifies electronic content associated with a different resource.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Judson D. Cary, Stephen Glennon
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Patent number: 9338464Abstract: Adaptively indicating field and frame encoding of coded pictures, such as but not necessarily limited to those transmitted in accordance with High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) (ISO/IEC 23008-2)/ITU-T Recommendation H.265, is contemplated. The field and frame encoding indications may be provided at various levels of granularity, such as on a per picture basis, a per slice basis and/or a per slice segment basis.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Rutz, Arianne Hinds, Stephen Glennon
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Publication number: 20150341681Abstract: Insertion of an advertisement within a television program or other media/content is contemplated. The advertisement insertion may be achieved when the media/content is originally transported with advertisement avails or other portions designated for advertisement insertion and those portions are difficult to discover, unknown, removed, obfuscated and/or generally inaccessible to a client facilitating play of the media/content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Edward Miller, Stephen Glennon
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Publication number: 20150222909Abstract: Adaptively indicating field and frame encoding of coded pictures, such as but not necessarily limited to those transmitted in accordance with High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) (ISO/IEC 23008-2)/ITU-T Recommendation H.265, is contemplated. The field and frame encoding indications may be provided at various levels of granularity, such as on a per picture basis, a per slice basis and/or a per slice segment basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Rutz, Arianne Hinds, Stephen Glennon
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Patent number: 9100721Abstract: Insertion of an advertisement within a television program or other media/content is contemplated. The advertisement insertion may be achieved when the media/content is originally transported with advertisement avails or other portions designated for advertisement insertion and those portions are difficult to discover, unknown, removed, obfuscated and/or generally inaccessible to a client facilitating play of the media/content.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Edward Miller, Stephen Glennon
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Publication number: 20150006503Abstract: A multidimensional navigator configured to facilitate navigation to electronic content is contemplated. The navigator may include a plurality of dimensions and/or levels whereby each level displays electronic content available for navigation. The electronic content identified within each level may be arranged in a fisheye configuration comprising a plurality of rings where each ring identifies electronic content associated with a different resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Judson D. Cary, Stephen Glennon
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Patent number: 8843964Abstract: An interactive matrix tile transformation user interface is contemplated. The user interface may be configured to facilitate user navigation of a display or other interface through which services may be requested, including facilitating navigation of television related services. The user interface may be operable in a device having capabilities sufficient to control operation of an output device in response to user input.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Steven Johnson, Stephen Glennon
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Publication number: 20140189479Abstract: Linking, tying, referencing or otherwise utilizing characters, images, alphanumerical values, codes and other metadata to link content, media, information, data and other electronically transmittable matter to an application, program, process or other logically executing construct is contemplated. Such content linking may include but is not necessarily limited to enabling content linking without requiring a server or other entity posting a corresponding link to host the linked-to content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Glennon, David Agranoff, Stephen Buck