The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Darren Neuman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chengfuh Jeffrey Tang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yao-hua Steven Tseng, Fremont, CA (US);
Guang Ting Shih, San Jose, CA (US);
Darren Neuman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chengfuh Jeffrey Tang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Yao-Hua Steven Tseng, Fremont, CA (US);
Guang Ting Shih, San Jose, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a system and method including a number of routers structured and arranged to route one or more video sources to any of one or more destinations. Each of the number of routers including a plurality of input and output ports and each input port being connectable to any one or more of corresponding output ports via data-paths. The datapaths are connectable to a corresponding one of the one or more destinations. The apparatus includes a testing output port selectably connectable to any of the one or more output data-paths. The testing output port is configured to connect a selected one of the one or more data-paths to a data collection device. The testing output port is configured to facilitate analysis of at least one from the group including (a) one or more of the data paths and (b) one or more of the video sources associated with the selected data-path.