Patents by Inventor William Richard Daumer

William Richard Daumer 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).

  • Employing customer premises equipment in communications network maintenance
    Publication number: 20020141364
    Abstract: The present invention customizes a network connection to customer premises equipment using a calibration signal. A network signal processor emits a tag signal indicating that a signal processing platform is in use. Customer premises equipment (CPE) issues a calibration signal to the network signal processor based on detection of the tag signal. The customer premises equipment outputs the calibration signal to the network signal processor which measures the signal loss, adjusts the gain mapping and issues a calibration signal to the customer premises equipment. The customer premises equipment then estimates spectral shaping based on the calibration signal from the network signal processor and equalizes the receive path so that the signal processing platform is detected and implemented. Embodiments of the present invention are illustrative of a more general concept of the use of CPE as an agent in telephone network maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Duane Oliver Bowker, William Richard Daumer, Kevin Alan Shelby, Howard M. Singer
  • Employing customer premises equipment in communications network maintenance
    Patent number: 6453153
    Abstract: The present invention customizes a network connection to customer premises equipment using a calibration signal. A network signal processor emits a tag signal indicating that a signal processing platform is in use. Customer premises equipment (CPE) issues a calibration signal to the network signal processor based on detection of the tag signal. The customer premises equipment outputs the calibration signal to the network signal processor which measures the signal loss, adjusts the gain mapping and issues a calibration signal to the customer premises equipment. The customer premises equipment then estimates spectral shaping based on the calibration signal from the network signal processor and equalizes the receive path so that the signal processing platform is detected and implemented. Embodiments of the present invention are illustrative of a more general concept of the use of CPE as an agent in telephone network maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Duane Oliver Bowker, William Richard Daumer, Kevin Alan Shelby, Howard M. Singer
  • Employing customer premises equipment in communications network maintenance
    Patent number: 6128369
    Abstract: The present invention customizes a network connection to customer premises equipment using a calibration signal. A network signal processor emits a tag signal indicating that a signal processing platform is in use. Customer premises equipment (CPE) issues a calibration signal to the network signal processor based on detection of the tag signal. The customer premises equipment outputs the calibration signal to the network signal processor which measures the signal loss, adjusts the gain mapping and issues a calibration signal to the customer premises equipment. The customer premises equipment then estimates spectral shaping based on the calibration signal from the network signal processor and equalizes the receive path so that the signal processing platform is detected and implemented. Embodiments of the present invention are illustrative of a more general concept of the use of CPE as an agent in telephone network maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: A.T.&T. Corp.
    Inventors: Duane Oliver Bowker, William Richard Daumer, Kevin Alan Shelby, Howard M. Singer