Patents by Inventor Steve M.-C. Lin

Steve M.-C. Lin 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).

  • System and method for customer premises broadband interface with on-hook alerting
    Patent number: 5635980
    Abstract: A broadband customer premises equipment ("CPE") interface device interfaces with conventional telephones, screen phones, and broadband data and video devices. The interface device includes circuitry to connect with a telephone network via a first telephone connection and circuitry to connect with a broadband network via a second, broadband connection. The interface device can provide control of video information being pumped to the CPE via the broadband network by sending control signals to a video server via the telephone network. In addition, the interface device includes ADSI off-hook alerting ("AOHA") circuitry and adds ADSI script management server ("ASMS") circuitry to provide noninvasive programming of screen phone-type CPE devices. ASMS programming information for a CPE device is transferred to the interface device via the broadband network and stored in the interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve M.-C. Lin, Frederick C. Link, Barry K. Schwartz