Patents by Inventor Constance J. Coty

Constance J. Coty 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).

  • Method and apparatus for monitoring a material medium
    Patent number: 11193969
    Abstract: A material medium, such as an optical fiber or electrical cable, is used to carry services. The material medium is monitored with at least one diagnostic sensor. The diagnostic sensor may measure the operational health of the material medium, or may measure local environmental conditions around the material medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Constance J. Coty, Lusheng Ji, Robert R. Miller, II, Harry R. Worstell
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A MATERIAL MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20170038422
    Abstract: A material medium, such as an optical fiber or electrical cable, is used to carry services. The material medium is monitored with at least one diagnostic sensor. The diagnostic sensor may measure the operational health of the material medium, or may measure local environmental conditions around the material medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Constance J. Coty, Lusheng Ji, Robert R. Miller, II, Harry R. Worstell
  • Method and Apparatus for Providing Wireless Municipal Multimedia Service
    Publication number: 20130231966
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods and computer-readable media for providing a pass to access multimedia services in a limited geographical area serviced by a fiber-fed, star-topology network (FFSTN). The method comprises receiving pre-registration information from a user to authorize one or more computing devices to obtain access to the fiber-fed, star-topology network covering a limited geographical area for a limited time, presenting the user with a plurality of customizable services each associated with capabilities of the respective one or more computing devices to access the FFSTN, and upon authorization, granting access to requested customized services for each of the one or more computing devices. Mechanisms are provided for handing off one or more devices as they travel from a first FFSTN to a second FFSTN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Constance J. Coty, John F. Murray
  • Method and apparatus for providing a pass to access multimedia services in a limited geographical area
    Patent number: 8401550
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods and computer-readable media for providing a pass to access multimedia services in a limited geographical area serviced by a fiber-fed, star-topology network (FFSTN). The method comprises receiving pre-registration information from a user to authorize one or more computing devices to obtain access to the fiber-fed, star-topology network covering a limited geographical area for a limited time, presenting the user with a plurality of customizable services each associated with capabilities of the respective one or more computing devices to access the FFSTN, and upon authorization, granting access to requested customized services for each of the one or more computing devices. Mechanisms are provided for handing off one or more devices as they travel from a first FFSTN to a second FFSTN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Miller, Constance J. Coty, John F. Murray