IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,875,193
Granted Patent B2
US 8,875,193 · App. 12/152,653 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Wireless multimedia system

Inventors: Sai C. Manapragada (San Jose, CA); Alvin Dale Kluesing (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Sigma Group, Inc.
H04L65/605H04L69/28H04N21/4104H04N21/43637H04J3/047H04N21/43615H04L12/2838H04L7/0008
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,875,193
App. No.
12/152,653
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for a novel multi-media macro-network. A Picon media server is connected with variety of high data rate sources including high definition video and audio connections. Picon media server is configured to process the variety of data streams into lower data rate IP packets and dynamically transmit them wirelessly via plurality of channels and antennas to variety of Picon receivers which are configured to congregate the received data packets into the correct signal formats for specific displays.

Claims (35)

1. A method for wireless media transmission, comprising actions of:

receiving multimedia signals;

directing said multimedia signals to respective media processing units according to the data types of said multimedia signals;

if said multimedia signals comprise a stream of uncompressed and encrypted multimedia data-stream, splitting a single stream of uncompressed and encrypted datastream into a plurality of substreams;

processing said multimedia signals and said substreams into data packets;

transmitting said data packets wirelessly via a plurality of physically separate low rate channels in parallel;

receiving said data packets wirelessly via said plurality of physically separate low rate channels in parallel;

reverse-processing said data packets into a data stream; and

sending said data stream to a data sink.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein if said data signal is uncompressed and unencrypted datastream, said datastream is first compressed and encoded before being converted into data packets and wirelessly transmitted; and after said data packets being wirelessly received, they are first decompressed and decoded, and are directed to a process of packet loss detection and recovery.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising actions of:

processing, scheduling, and prioritizing said data packets; and dynamically allocating transmitting channels for said data packets for wireless transmitting.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said wireless transmitting complies with IEEE 802.11n standards.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said wireless transmitting is implemented in accordance with the 3G Code Division Multiple Access standards.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said stream of uncompressed and encrypted multimedia data is processed in parallel by a plurality of media multiplexing converters.

7. A wireless macro-multimedia network, comprising:

at least two media connections through which high definition media content is received;

a media server which is connected to said media connections, wherein said media contents are dynamically processed into data packets and are wirelessly transmitted in parallel as a plurality of low rate bitstreams over a plurality of separate channels; and

a media receiver wherein said data packets are wirelessly received in parallel, sorted and processed into a signal format according to a configuration of a specific display.

8. The wireless macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said media server includes a control module that prioritizes and schedules said data packets and dynamically allocates transmitting channels according to their statistics of their performance.

9. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said media server includes a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of Wi-Fi processing units.

10. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said media server can communicate to a cellular phone device and enable a user to use said cellular phone device to input configuration criteria.

11. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said media receiver includes a plurality of receiving antennas and a plurality of receiving channels.

12. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said media receiver sends and receives data bi-directionally from a sink device.

13. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said media connections includes connections for a plurality of sources including high definition video streams, high definition audio streams, analog TV signals, gaming data, internet content, IPTV signals, satellite signals and/or the combination thereof.

14. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said wireless transmitting is implemented in accordance with the 3G Code Division Multiple Access standards.

15. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said media server comprises a plurality of processors for a plurality of data types which process multimedia data in parallel.

16. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein a single uncompressed and encrypted high definition datastream is processed in parallel by a plurality of multiplexing converters and processing units.

17. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said receiver assembles a plurality of data packets into substreams and then assembles the substreams into a single uncompressed and encrypted datastream.

18. The macro-multimedia network of claim 7 , wherein said receiver comprises a plurality of processing units that process data packets in parallel.

19. A method for wireless media transmission, comprising:

receiving input signals of multiple types, wherein at least one of said types is a high-bandwidth multimedia signal type which is of higher bandwidth than other ones of said types;

processing said signals of all of said types into multiple low rate digital channels, and transmitting said multiple low rate digital channels wirelessly in parallel, receiving said multiple low rate digital channels, and reassembling said multiple low rate digital channels into multiple streams which generally correspond to all of said signals; and

outputting ones of said signals accordingly

wherein said high-bandwidth multimedia signal type has a higher bandwidth than any single one of said multiple low rate digital channels, and wherein at least one other type does not.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2026
From: RO YONGE LLC
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074200/0069 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2026
From: SIGMA GROUP, INC.
To: RO YONGE LLC
Reel/Frame 075274/0581 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2014
From: PICONGEN WIRELESS, INC.
To: SIGMA GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 032182/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2008
From: MANAPRAGADA, SAI C; KLUESING, ALVIN DALE
To: PICONGEN WIRELESS, INC.
Reel/Frame 021488/0727 →
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 60933901 · Jun 11, 2007
Provisional Application 60930051 · May 14, 2007
Provisional Application 60933904 · Jun 11, 2007
Provisional Application 60933905 · Jun 11, 2007
Related Publication 20090100495A1 · Apr 16, 2009