Patents by Inventor Alan Palmer Stephens

Alan Palmer Stephens 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).

  • Patent number: 11223693
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for aggregating channel agnostic data. In use, channel agnostic data is received, at a messaging bus, from a plurality of telecommunication system sources, wherein the plurality of telecommunication system sources is channel agnostic. Next, using a micro service, the channel agnostic data is aggregated from the plurality of telecommunication system sources and the aggregated channel agnostic data is presented, on demand, based on at least one of authority, needs, and preferences. Further, at least one action is associated with the aggregated channel agnostic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: AMDOCS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Deborah A. Sohrweide, Alan Palmer Stephens, Sanjay Gupta, Andrew Harper, Alma D. Lopez, Ksheerasagar Akella, Manish Rustagi, Amresh Vaidya
  • Patent number: 5819043
    Abstract: A system, method and program for adjusting a resource reservation for multimedia and normal traffic. An initialization file is used for storing data concerning a resource including a current maximum resource reservation for multimedia traffic. The user is presented the current maximum resource reservation, preferably in a graphical user interface to allow the user to adjust the resource reservation to a new maximum resource reservation in the initialization file. One preferred graphical user interface presents a range of resource reservations is represented as a scale and the current maximum resource reservation as a point on the scale. The resource reservation is used by the operating system or other software for reserving a portion of the resource. The remainder of the resource is allocated to normal traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark John Baugher, Alan Palmer Stephens
  • Patent number: 5713043
    Abstract: A method and system for the efficient determination of quality of service parameters for multimedia files accessed during operation of a specified multimedia application. Operation of the specified multimedia application is initiated. During operation, the multimedia application accesses multimedia files by reading the data stored in those files. The multimedia files are identified, and each read performed by the multimedia application is analyzed while each multimedia file is accessed. Quality of service parameters for each multimedia file may be automatically determined utilizing the analysis of each read of a multimedia file performed by the multimedia application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark John Baugher, Alan Palmer Stephens
  • Patent number: 5701465
    Abstract: A method for providing files to a remote node including the steps of determining whether bandwidth is available for transmitting across a communications link a file requested by a remote node, reserving bandwidth for the requested file if bandwidth is determined to be available, and opening the requested file for transmission only if bandwidth is reserved. In addition, an apparatus for providing files to a remote node including apparatus for determining whether bandwidth is available for transmitting across a communications link a file requested by a remote node, apparatus for reserving bandwidth for the requested file if bandwidth is determined to be available, and apparatus for opening the requested file for transmission only if bandwidth is reserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark John Baugher, Philip Yen-Tang Chang, Gregory Lynn Morris, Alan Palmer Stephens
  • Patent number: 5640595
    Abstract: A system, method and program for adjusting a resource reservation for multimedia and normal traffic. An initialization file is used for storing data concerning a resource including a current maximum resource reservation for multimedia traffic. The user is presented the current maximum resource reservation, preferably in a graphical user interface to allow the user to adjust the resource reservation to a new maximum resource reservation in the initialization file. One preferred graphical user interface presents a range of resource reservations is represented as a scale and the current maximum resource reservation as a point on the scale. The resource reservation is used by the operating system or other software for reserving a portion of the resource. The remainder of the resource is allocated to normal traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark John Baugher, Alan Palmer Stephens