Patents by Inventor Todd D. Cutler

Todd D. Cutler 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).

  • Methods and systems for providing information to a plurality of set-top boxes via a personal computer using set-top box identifiers
    Patent number: 6678004
    Abstract: A set-top box is provided wherein an Identifier (ID) associated with the set-top box can be used to request information from a personal computer which provides the requested information to the set-top box. In particular, in a system that includes multiple set-top boxes, the ID can be used to determine which set-top box made a request and to determine which set-top box is the intended recipient of the requested information accessed by the system. For example, a request for information from a set-top box can include the ID of the set-top box. The personal computer, therefore, can use the ID to record which set-top box made the request. When the personal computer receives the information requested by the set-top box, the information and the ID of the set-top box that made the request is broadcast to all the set-top boxes. Each set-top box compares the ID broadcast with the information to its own ID to determine if the information is intended for it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher J. Schultheiss, Todd D. Cutler
  • Methods and systems for providing television related services via a networked personal computer
    Patent number: 6545722
    Abstract: A set top box is provides that interfaces a television and a personal computer that is connected to the Internet. The set top box includes a wireless remote control receiver that receives user commands from a wireless remote control unit. A radio frequency transceiver that transmits computer commands to the personal computer that is connected to the internet in response to the user commands and that receives data that is generated from the Internet via the personal computer in response to the computer commands. A video processing system that processes the received data for display on a television and a television interface that displays the processed received data on the television.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher J. Schultheiss, Michael A. McCafferty, Todd D. Cutler, Sreekrishna V. Sunkavalli
  • Methods and circuits using frequency shift keying modulation to transfer data over transmission lines simultaneous with television signals
    Patent number: 6189148
    Abstract: Data is transferred using frequency shift keying modulation in a frequency range that is not within a television signal frequency range used to conduct the television signal over the transmission line. Consequently, the present invention may allow the television signal and the data to be conducted on the same cabling. The frequency shift keying modulation is provided by generating a modulated data signal based on information included in the data. For example, the frequency shift keying modulation generates a modulated data signal at a first frequency when the data is equal to a logical 0 and at a second frequency when the data is equal to a logical 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Inventors: Jerry R. Clark, Todd D. Cutler, Lawrence D. Monaco, Christopher J. Schultheiss