Patents by Inventor Thomas Patrick Newberry
Thomas Patrick Newberry 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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Publication number: 20210219445Abstract: The technology described herein is generally directed towards a gateway device (e.g., a cable modem or telecommunications modem) that is coupled to a base component. The base component couples to an interchangeable lid that is coupled to an electronic device. This forms a sealed housing for outdoor use, e.g., between a provider head end and the subscriber(s). A universal interface provides power or a network connection, or both, to the electronic device. The base component and/or the sealed housing protect the internal components against environmental effects. The base component and/or the sealed housing protect against external RF signals from entering, and internally generated RF signals from exiting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Gregory L. Laughlin, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Patent number: 10956675Abstract: A system and method are provided. The system includes a gateway portion (201), embedded in a gateway device, having an embedded artificial intelligence engine (220) for processing commands using natural language processing. The system further includes a supplemental cloud server portion (202) having a supplemental artificial intelligence engine (280) for processing, using the natural language processing, the commands unable to be processed by the embedded artificial intelligence engine. The gateway portion (201) further includes a configuration and status interface (230) for performing at least one of diagnostic operations, configuration operations, and status operations, on the gateway device responsive to instructions from any of the embedded artificial intelligence engine and the supplemental artificial intelligence engine.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Brian Duane Clevenger, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Patent number: 10879731Abstract: A ferroresonant transformer system has a core, a shunt, first and second input windings, an inverter winding, a tank winding, a resonant capacitor, an output capacitor, and a plurality of switches. The tank winding defines a plurality of switch tap locations and at least two output tap locations. The resonant capacitor is connected across at least a portion of the tank winding. Each switch is operatively connectable between one of the switch tap locations and the resonant capacitor. Each output terminal is operatively connected to one of the at least two output tap locations.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: ALPHA TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Thanh Quoc Le, Pankaj H. Bhatt, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Patent number: 10779423Abstract: The technology described herein is generally directed towards a gateway device (e.g., a cable modem or telecommunications modem) that is coupled to a base component. The base component couples to an interchangeable lid that is coupled to an electronic device. This forms a sealed housing for outdoor use, e.g., between a provider head end and the subscriber(s). A universal interface provides power or a network connection, or both, to the electronic device. The base component and/or the sealed housing protect the internal components against environmental effects. The base component and/or the sealed housing protect against external RF signals from entering, and internally generated RF signals from exiting.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: ALPHA TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Gregory L. Laughlin, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Publication number: 20190363573Abstract: A ferroresonant transformer system has a core, a shunt, first and second input windings, an inverter winding, a tank winding, a resonant capacitor, an output capacitor, and a plurality of switches. The tank winding defines a plurality of switch tap locations and at least two output tap locations. The resonant capacitor is connected across at least a portion of the tank winding. Each switch is operatively connectable between one of the switch tap locations and the resonant capacitor. Each output terminal is operatively connected to one of the at least two output tap locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Thanh Quoc Le, Pankaj H. Bhatt, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Patent number: 10381867Abstract: A ferroresonant transformer system has a core, a shunt, first and second input windings, an inverter winding, a tank winding, a resonant capacitor, an output capacitor, and a plurality of switches. The tank winding defines a plurality of switch tap locations and at least two output tap locations. The resonant capacitor is connected across at least a portion of the tank winding. Each switch is operatively connectable between one of the switch tap locations and the resonant capacitor. Each output terminal is operatively connected to one of the at least two output tap locations.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: ALPHA TECHNOLOGEIS SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Thanh Quoc Le, Pankaj H. Bhatt, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Publication number: 20190191576Abstract: The technology described herein is generally directed towards a gateway device (e.g., a cable modem or telecommunications modem) that is coupled to a base component. The base component couples to an interchangeable lid that is coupled to an electronic device. This forms a sealed housing for outdoor use, e.g., between a provider head end and the subscriber(s). A universal interface provides power or a network connection, or both, to the electronic device. The base component and/or the sealed housing protect the internal components against environmental effects. The base component and/or the sealed housing protect against external RF signals from entering, and internally generated RF signals from exiting.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Gregory L. Laughlin, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Patent number: 9729721Abstract: A gateway 202 identifies mobile devices 210 connected to it. Communication access numbers associated with the mobile devices are then obtained and synchronized with communication access numbers associated with the gateway. The gateway notifies a service provider for the mobile device that its calls should now be routed to the gateway instead of the mobile device. Calls received by the gateway can then be delayed, reformatted and/or otherwise transformed/controlled by the gateway and passed to connected landline devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventor: Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Publication number: 20170116181Abstract: A system and method are provided. The system includes a gateway portion (201), embedded in a gateway device, having an embedded artificial intelligence engine (220) for processing commands using natural language processing. The system further includes a supplemental cloud server portion (202) having a supplemental artificial intelligence engine (280) for processing, using the natural language processing, the commands unable to be processed by the embedded artificial intelligence engine. The gateway portion (201) further includes a configuration and status interface (230) for performing at least one of diagnostic operations, configuration operations, and status operations, on the gateway device responsive to instructions from any of the embedded artificial intelligence engine and the supplemental artificial intelligence engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Brian Duane CLEVENGER, Thomas Patrick NEWBERRY
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Publication number: 20160072954Abstract: A gateway 202 identifies mobile devices 210 connected to it. Communication access numbers associated with the mobile devices are then obtained and synchronized with communication access numbers associated with the gateway. The gateway notifies a service provider for the mobile device that its calls should now be routed to the gateway instead of the mobile device. Calls received by the gateway can then be delayed, reformatted and/or otherwise transformed/controlled by the gateway and passed to connected landline devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventor: Thomas Patrick NEWBERRY
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Publication number: 20130070921Abstract: A method functions to resolve conflicts between wireless digital telephony and traditional analog telephony when an automatic telephone number dialer is concurrently used in a gateway. The method acts to prioritize telephone calls that operate using one telephone line when a single analog telephone line interfaces with an automatic telephone dialer and an analog telephone set in a system that also operates with a wireless digital telephone interface. The method includes detecting if an active call is present and determines if the telephone number being dialed is of higher priority than the active call. The highest priority call is placed or preserved according to the highest priority regardless of the source of the call in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Thomas Patrick Newberry, Michael Evan Crabb, Stephen Jon Vincent
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Publication number: 20110004894Abstract: The display server apparatus and associated methods provide audio and video data to a plurality of displays. The apparatus and methods enable monitoring of the content being viewed on a secondary display on a primary display. A secondary display may be used to view the content being displayed on a primary display when provided with appropriate authorization information. The apparatus is further capable of scaling and sizing provided audio and video streams in accordance with the characteristics and capabilities of each remote device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventors: Thomas Patrick Newberry, David John Weaver
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Patent number: 7844836Abstract: A method and apparatus for using an integrated circuit card to facilitate downloading reusable content from a server into a terminal. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of verifying that an entitlement contained in the integrated circuit card is correct for receiving the reusable content from the server and downloading the reusable content from the server into a memory of the terminal. The apparatus comprises a terminal, coupled to a remote server and an integrated circuit card, coupled to the terminal via the interface circuit, for enabling the server to download the reusable content in the terminal. The terminal comprises a processor for processing the download of the content from the server, a memory for receiving the downloaded content and an integrated circuit card interface circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2000Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: David John Weaver, Richard Allen Norman, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Patent number: 7831603Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for transmitting a requested media file through a network. A master controller of a server partitions the media object. The master controller of the server then assigns a segment of said partitioned media object to a file partition handler for transmission over the network to a client that requested the media object. The file partition handler transmits the segment over a user datagram protocol port through the network to a client. The master controller then assigns a second segment of said partitioned media object to the file partition handler when the original segment is transmitted successfully to the client. The segmentation of the media object is determined in response to the availability of file partition handlers and the conditions specified by the client.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Thomas Patrick Newberry, Kerry Wayne Calvert
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Publication number: 20100269131Abstract: The present application provides a method and system for the control of trick mode suppression schemes in media content such that trick mode support can be re-enabled for the received content. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for trick mode suppression control includes examining a received media content signal to identify trick mode disabled portion (s) of the media content. The method further includes monitoring identified trick mode disabled portions of the media content to determine which portion (s) of a trick mode disabled portion of the media content have been viewed. In one embodiment, trick mode functionality is then restored for the portions of the trick mode disabled media content that satisfy the preview conditions defined in the media content as it is being viewed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2006Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Thomas Patrick Newberry, David John Weaver, Mark Allen McCleary
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Patent number: 7818449Abstract: An apparatus for providing reserved connections between end stations, in a network, such as the Internet, capable of providing prioritized communications, comprises a switch in packet communications with end stations. The switch detects and forwards packets that contain prioritized data for priority processing, and packets that include requests for reserved connections according to a given reservation protocol. Output queues associated with egress ports of the switch correspond to different priorities associated with received priority packets. An additional output queue is associated with reserved connection data packets. In response to a reserved connection request, the switch determines if sufficient bandwidth exists in the switch to establish a reserved path within the network, and if so, allocates the and width for the reserved connection.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Thomas Anthony Stahl, Izzat Hekmat Izzat, Thomas Patrick Newberry
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Publication number: 20090285280Abstract: A video processing apparatus, including: power-up circuitry; an input for receiving encoded video signals; a memory having stored therein processing instructions for processing the encoded video signals to provide an output signal; a decoder, coupled to the input, for processing the received encoded video signals in accordance with the processing instructions; a first controller, coupled to the memory and decoder, for controlling operation of the decoder to process the encoded video signals in accordance with the processing instructions; and a second controller, coupled to the first controller, memory and power up circuitry, wherein, the second controller in response to a start up procedure restricts operation of the first controller and validates the processing instructions, and upon validation of the processing instructions un-restricts operation of the first controller thereby allowing the controller to read the processing instructions from the memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2006Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Thomas Patrick Newberry, David John Weaver, Ronald Douglas Johnson
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Patent number: 6993782Abstract: A system of defining, creating and decoding composite virtual channels advantageously supports dynamic channel and event substitution. A method, for use in a decoder for acquiring a program conveyed on more than one broadcast channel, involves generating a program guide display. The program guide display lists programs being broadcast on a plurality of broadcast channels during specified broadcast time segments and also lists a particular program on both a first and a second broadcast channel. The particular program is acquired from the first broadcast channel in response to user selection of either of the first and second broadcast channels. A plurality of prioritized channel maps are used in substituting an alternative program for a first program on a broadcast channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2000Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Thomas Patrick Newberry, Liangzhone Wang, Glen Wakeman Ruch, Steven Charles Rhoads