Patents by Inventor William Henry Mengel

William Henry Mengel 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).

  • Architecture For Optimizing Audio and Video Output States for Multimedia Devices
    Publication number: 20100083113
    Abstract: An architecture for automatically optimizing audio and video modes available from interconnected multimedia devices. When one multimedia device is connected with another multimedia device, the devices communicate with each other to determine the modes available from both devices. The devices then compare the different combinations of available audio and video modes and determine which mode combination yields the optimal operating efficiency for outputting a media service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: David John Weaver, William Henry Mengel, Lawrence Carl Pesce
  • Architecture for optimizing audio and video operating modes for multimedia devices based on predetermined hierarchical order of available audio and video operating modes
    Patent number: 7447815
    Abstract: An architecture for automatically optimizing audio and video modes available from interconnected multimedia devices. When one multimedia device is connected with another multimedia device, the devices communicate with each other to determine the modes available from both devices. The devices then compare the different combinations of available audio and video modes and determine which mode combination yields the optimal operating efficiency for outputting a media service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: David John Weaver, William Henry Mengel, Lawrence Carl Pesce
  • Architecture for optimizing audio and video output states for multimeda devices
    Publication number: 20040128402
    Abstract: An architecture (102) for automatically optimizing audio and video modes available from interconnected multimedia devices (250). When one multimedia device (102) is connected with another multimedia device (250), the devices communicate with each other to determine the modes available from both devices. The devices then compare the different combinations of available audio and video modes and determine which mode combination yields the optimal operating efficiency for outputting a media service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: David John Weaver, William Henry Mengel, Lawrence Carl Pesce