Patents by Inventor Craig Anthony Farrell

Craig Anthony Farrell 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).

  • Publication number: 20210385548
    Abstract: Allocating streaming content on a hybrid network can include searching for streaming content broadcast via broadcast signals over a broadcast network as a communications device is receiving the streaming content via a cellular network. Responsive to identifying, based on the searching, a within-range broadcast source broadcasting the streaming content via broadcast signals, the communications device can begin receiving the streaming content via the broadcast signals over the broadcast network and cease receiving the streaming content via the cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Farrell, Peter Guglielmino, Michael Edward Alexander, Stephen A. Laufer, Michael William Clanton, Fabien Lanne, Zygmunt Lozinski
  • Patent number: 11166082
    Abstract: Allocating streaming content on a hybrid network can include searching for streaming content broadcast via broadcast signals over a broadcast network as a communications device is receiving the streaming content via a cellular network. Responsive to identifying, based on the searching, a within-range broadcast source broadcasting the streaming content via broadcast signals, the communications device can begin receiving the streaming content via the broadcast signals over the broadcast network and cease receiving the streaming content via the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Farrell, Peter Guglielmino, Michael Edward Alexander, Stephen A. Laufer, Michael William Clanton, Fabien Lanne, Zygmunt Lozinski
  • Publication number: 20210136460
    Abstract: Allocating streaming content on a hybrid network can include searching for streaming content broadcast via broadcast signals over a broadcast network as a communications device is receiving the streaming content via a cellular network. Responsive to identifying, based on the searching, a within-range broadcast source broadcasting the streaming content via broadcast signals, the communications device can begin receiving the streaming content via the broadcast signals over the broadcast network and cease receiving the streaming content via the cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Farrell, Peter Guglielmino, Michael Edward Alexander, Stephen A. Laufer, Michael William Clanton, Fabien Lanne, Zygmunt Lozinski