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John F. Gonder, Mountlake Terrace, WA US
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| 20090153085 | MULTI-PHASE, MULTI-FREQUENCY CONTROLLER - Reference signals are combined with a chop frequency signal in a pulse width modulator (PWM) to provide plural inputs to a multi-phase H-bridge amplifier. Also provided to the bridge amplifier is a high voltage DC input which is converted by the pulsed inputs to the bridge amplifier to a variable AC voltage for driving a motor. The AC drive voltage is also provided to a variable frequency voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) in a feedback arrangement, with the variable frequency VCO outputs heterodyned with each of plural outputs of a multi-phase ring oscillator to provide plural baseband signals having a constant phase relationship at a high frequency. The baseband signals form the aforementioned reference signals provided to the PWM in the feedback arrangement with closed loop control and frequency and phase discrimination using phase lock loop techniques for synchronous motor control over a range of DC-100 kHz with 0-25 MHz VCOs. | 06-18-2009 |
Jörg Gonder, Mulheim DE
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| 20110221422 | Method and measurement device for determining a condition of an electric igniter of a gas turbine burner and an ignition device for a gas turbine burner - A method for determining a condition of an electric igniter of a gas turbine burner and a measurement device for a gas turbine burner are provided. By means of the method and the measurement device it is possible to prevent false starts of gas turbines as a result of a nonfunctional igniter. The method provides for a time-dependent signal characterizing the ignition current of an igniter to be compared to an upper threshold value and a lower threshold value and at the same time to compare the characterizing signal to a mean target current value, by which the ignition current should fluctuate randomly when the igniter is functioning properly. | 09-15-2011 |
Thomas Gonder, Tega Cay, SC US
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| 20090133084 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CONTENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO A CLIENT OVER A SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT-BASED NETWORK - Video content is transmitted from a head end, over a switched digital video content-based network, to a client. The head end obtains a first group of program streams and sends to the client only a subset of the program streams selected by subscribers in a neighborhood of the client. The video content is contained in a given one of the subset of the program streams and the client is tuned to a channel corresponding to the given one of the subset of the streams. The supplemental information is transmitted from the head end, over the switched digital video content-based network, to the client, based upon the channel to which the client is tuned. The video content and the supplemental information can both be sent on an identical carrier frequency corresponding to the channel; they may employ an identical quadrature amplitude modulation scheme, and the video content can be broken into packets identified via a first packet identifier, with the supplemental information broken into packets identified via a second packet identifier. | 05-21-2009 |
Thomas Gonder, London CA
Thomas L. Gonder, Westminster, CO US
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| 20100299404 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING PROGRAM GUIDE DATA THROUGH A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK DELIVERING PROGRAMMING CONTENT - In order to efficiently utilize the limited transmission bandwidth of a communications network, e.g., a cable network, guide data for constructing an interactive program guide (IPG) is delivered to a set-top terminal using different methodologies. For example, the guide data associated with those programs which are likely of interest to a user is automatically provided piecemeal in a broadcast stream. The set-top terminal, along with other terminals, may retrieve from such a broadcast stream some or all of the guide data therein over time, which is cached in the terminal in anticipation of a user's invocation of an IPG. On the other hand, the guide data associated with those programs which are less likely of interest to a user is furnished upon request by the set-top terminal needing such guide data to realize an IPG desired by the user. In addition, guide data for each program may be divided into detail guide data providing details of the program (e.g., a synopsis of the program content), and grid guide data providing basic information about the program (e.g., title, channel and broadcast time). A first time window and a second time window may be defined such that the grid guide data associated with those programs broadcast within the first time window and the detail guide data associated with those programs broadcast within the second time window are automatically provided in the broadcast stream. The rest of the detail and grid guide data may be furnished upon request when needed. | 11-25-2010 |
Thomas L. Gonder, Tega Cay, SC US
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| 20110061088 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE STATE OF A SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A system and method for dynamically configuring a switched digital video (SDV) system. An SDV server is configured to generate logs, including logs of program information, stream information and client information. A listener is configured to monitor the logs generated by the SDV server, generate state data indicative of a desired state of the SDV system, and generate state data indicative of an actual state of the SDV system. The listener compares the desired state data to the actual state data and determines whether the actual state data in view of the desired state data are indicative of an aberrant state of the SDV system. When the actual state data are indicative of an aberrant state of the SDV system, the listener determines a remedial action to change the operation of the SDV system and configures the SDV server to implement the remedial action. | 03-10-2011 |
Tom Gonder, Westminster, CO US
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| 20090168982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CALLER ID SERVICE IN A MULTI-REGION CABLE NETWORK - A system and method for providing caller ID in a multi-region cable network. Caller identifying (CID) information of an incoming VoIP call is provided to a digital telephone subscriber through a video termination device (VTD) using a path that is different from the path by which the VoIP call packets are delivered to the digital telephone subscriber. The telephone number of a digital telephone subscriber is associated with the IP address and/or MAC address of the subscriber's VTD. The called number of the incoming VoIP call is used to select the VTD to which the CID information is delivered. A message is then sent through an out-of-band channel to the digital telephone subscriber's VTD comprising the CID information for display on video display equipment. Alternatively, the VTD is DOCSIS-compliant and a message is addressed to the VTD using the IP address of the VTD DOCSIS modem. | 07-02-2009 |
Tom Gonder, Tega Cay, SC US
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| 20080320540 | Methods and apparatus for bandwidth recovery in a network - Methods and apparatus for recovery and/or utilization of bandwidth within a network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a switched architecture (e.g., broadcast switched) content-delivery network such as a cable television network. Reclamation, overflow, and/or triage logical processes are selectively applied in order to more efficiently manage bandwidth utilization within the network while maintaining user experience, and optionally achieve one or more business and/or operational goals. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20110061083 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VOICE MAIL SERVICES - Methods and apparatus for retrieving and providing voice mail messages from a server are described. In accordance with the invention voice mail messages may be retrieved via requests made via a set top box. Voice mail messages are retrieved in response to the request from a voice mail server which is also accessible via the telephone network. Retrieved voice mail is transcoded and included in a video on demand (VOD) file. Text, call ID information and/or other information as, e.g., an automatically generated transcript of the voice mail message, may be included in the VOD file. The VOD file is supplied to a VOD server which provides the file including the message to the set top box for display. A user can view the messages and switch from viewing one message to the next by using video play back commands. | 03-10-2011 |