公开(公告)号：US11974159B1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17649813

申请日：2022-02-03

申请人： Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

发明人： John C. Bahr ,  Luther E. Smith

IPC分类号： H04W28/02 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W88/10

CPC分类号： H04W28/0252 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W88/10

摘要： A method for reducing communication network congestion includes (1) obtaining, from a first communication device, a scan of a first communication channel for presence of a first network identifier, (2) determining, from the scan of the first communication channel, that the first network identifier is being broadcasted on the first communication channel by a communication device other than the first communication device, and (3) in response to determining that the first network identifier is being broadcasted on the first communication channel, inhibiting broadcasting of the first network identifier on the first communication channel by the first communication device.

公开(公告)号：US11563673B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-24

申请号：US17017472

申请日：2020-09-10

申请人： CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.

发明人： Luther E. Smith ,  Bernard McKibben ,  Carmela S. Stuart ,  Jonathan Ray Dennis ,  Philip Rosenberg-Watt

IPC分类号： H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/24

摘要： A method for redundant communication at a network gateway includes (1) exchanging data packets with a network application via a first access communication interface, (2) exchanging data packets with customer premises equipment (CPE) via a local communication interface, and (3) in response to occurrence of a first event, exchanging at least some data packets with the network application via a second access communication interface that is different from the first access communication interface.

公开(公告)号：US20210308845A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-07

申请号：US17353473

申请日：2021-06-21

申请人： CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.

发明人： Luther E. Smith ,  Aaron Quinto ,  Derek Matthews

IPC分类号： B25B23/142 ,  H01R43/26 ,  B25B13/06 ,  F16B1/00 ,  H01R13/622

摘要： A torque sleeve for a connector includes a slip ring, a torque ring, a torque spring, and an outer shell. The slip ring includes at least one axial movement inhibiting structure, and a plurality of first teeth having a first sawtooth pattern disposed in an axial direction of the torque sleeve. The torque ring includes at least one radial movement inhibiting structure, and a plurality of second teeth having a second sawtooth pattern disposed in an axial direction of the torque sleeve facing the plurality of first teeth. The torque spring is configured to apply a spring force against the torque ring to encourage movement of the torque ring toward the slip ring. The outer shell is configured to house the slip ring, the torque ring, and the torque spring within the torque sleeve.

公开(公告)号：US11381278B1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US17119833

申请日：2020-12-11

申请人： Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

发明人： Daryl William Malas ,  George J. Kakatsakis ,  Belal Hamzeh ,  Luis Alberto Campos ,  Eric Winkelman ,  Mario Di Dio ,  Luther E. Smith

IPC分类号： H04B3/00 ,  H04B3/02 ,  H04B10/2575

摘要： A method for operating a wireline communication device on a wireless communication network includes (a) receiving a downlink radio frequency (RF) electrical signal at a first connector, (b) converting the downlink RF electrical signal to a downlink access signal having a format that is compatible with the wireline communication device, and (c) providing the downlink access signal to a second connector for transporting to the wireline communication device. A method for extending a wireline communication network includes (a) receiving a downlink wireline signal at a node of the wireline communication network, (b) converting the downlink wireline signal to a downlink RF electrical signal, and (c) converting the downlink RF electrical signal to a downlink wireless signal, for transmission to one or more communication devices which are not physically connected to the wireline communication network.

公开(公告)号：US20190224821A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16257040

申请日：2019-01-24

申请人： CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC

发明人： Luther E. Smith ,  Aaron Quinto ,  Derek Matthews

IPC分类号： B25B23/142 ,  B25B13/06 ,  H01R43/26

摘要： A torque sleeve for a connector includes a slip ring, a torque ring, a torque spring, and an outer shell. The slip ring includes at least one axial movement inhibiting structure, and a plurality of first teeth having a first sawtooth pattern disposed in an axial direction of the torque sleeve. The torque ring includes at least one radial movement inhibiting structure, and a plurality of second teeth having a second sawtooth pattern disposed in an axial direction of the torque sleeve facing the plurality of first teeth. The torque spring is configured to apply a spring force against the torque ring to encourage movement of the torque ring toward the slip ring. The outer shell is configured to house the slip ring, the torque ring, and the torque spring within the torque sleeve.

公开(公告)号：USD1040113S1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US29840189

申请日：2022-05-26

申请人： CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.

设计人： Luther E. Smith ,  Aaron Quinto ,  Derek Matthews

摘要： FIG. 1 is a front exploded view of a connector torque sleeve showing our new design. with the back view being a mirror thereof.
FIG. 2 is an isometric view thereof with the connector torque sleeve in a first position.
FIG. 3 is an isometric view thereof with the connector torque sleeve in a second position; and,
FIG. 4 is a front cross-sectional view thereof with the connector torque sleeve in the first position.
The broken lines shown in the Figures show portions of the connector torque sleeve that form no part of the claimed design. The broken line arrows shown in FIG. 2 are for annotation purposes only to identify the cross-sectional view and form no part of the claimed design. The brackets shown in the FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 views indicate an association of the elements of the exploded views, with the brackets forming no part of the claimed design.

公开(公告)号：US11937167B1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17367018

申请日：2021-07-02

申请人： Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

发明人： Luther E. Smith ,  Jonathan Ray Dennis ,  Aaron Quinto

IPC分类号： H04W40/24 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/021 ,  H04W28/12 ,  H04W40/28

CPC分类号： H04W40/248 ,  H04L45/021 ,  H04L45/38 ,  H04W28/12 ,  H04W40/28

摘要： Systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein contemplate client updates to traffic filter tables that control delivery of network traffic from an access point to the client over a multi channel wireless network. The client may update the traffic filter table whenever: (i) an application on the client initiates the request; (ii) an application matching a secondary channel requirement in a look-up table is opened or closed; (iii) data characteristics matching the secondary channel requirement in the look-up table are detected or removed; (iv) data usage of the client meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold; (v) data usage of the client falls below a predetermined threshold; and/or (vi) a specified period of time has passed.

公开(公告)号：US11904439B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17353473

申请日：2021-06-21

申请人： CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.

发明人： Luther E. Smith ,  Aaron Quinto ,  Derek Matthews

IPC分类号： B25B23/142 ,  H01R43/26 ,  B25B13/06 ,  F16B1/00 ,  H01R13/622 ,  H01R24/38 ,  H01R24/40

CPC分类号： B25B23/1427 ,  B25B13/06 ,  F16B1/00 ,  H01R13/622 ,  H01R43/26 ,  H01R24/38 ,  H01R24/40

摘要： A torque sleeve for a connector includes a slip ring, a torque ring, a torque spring, and an outer shell. The slip ring includes at least one axial movement inhibiting structure, and a plurality of first teeth having a first sawtooth pattern disposed in an axial direction of the torque sleeve. The torque ring includes at least one radial movement inhibiting structure, and a plurality of second teeth having a second sawtooth pattern disposed in an axial direction of the torque sleeve facing the plurality of first teeth. The torque spring is configured to apply a spring force against the torque ring to encourage movement of the torque ring toward the slip ring. The outer shell is configured to house the slip ring, the torque ring, and the torque spring within the torque sleeve.

公开(公告)号：US11757774B1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17732182

申请日：2022-04-28

申请人： Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

发明人： Luther E. Smith ,  Jonathan Ray Dennis ,  Aaron Quinto

IPC分类号： H04L45/64 ,  H04L45/7452 ,  H04L49/351 ,  H04W40/24 ,  H04L45/243

CPC分类号： H04L45/64 ,  H04L45/243 ,  H04L45/7452 ,  H04L49/351 ,  H04W40/24

摘要： Systems and methods implement multi-channel communication by remapping Ethernet frames. An Ethernet frame is captured leaving a first bridge of an Ethernet switch. A destination address of the Ethernet frame is matched to a remap rule and to a filter defined for the remap rule. The destination address of the Ethernet frame is updated based upon the remap rule, and the Ethernet frame is output to an Ethernet port corresponding to the updated destination address of the Ethernet frame. The remap rule and the filter allow the Ethernet switch to route traffic at an OSI model layer-4 level.

公开(公告)号：US11641287B1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-02

申请号：US16936276

申请日：2020-07-22

申请人： Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

发明人： Joseph Padden ,  Luther E. Smith ,  David Daniel Smith ,  Luis Alberto Campos

IPC分类号： H04N21/61 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N7/173

摘要： A local communication network (LCN) is contemplated. The LCN may be established within an existing network by leveraging network capabilities in order to facilitate local communications of the type whereby point-to-point (P-to-P) or other types of messaging and/or signaling may be communicated directly between devices without having to be relayed through a headend, a termination system or other processing entity.