Patents by Inventor Jack Heneghan

Jack Heneghan 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).

  • System for selectively routing data via either a network that supports Internet protocol or via satellite transmission network based on size of the data
    Patent number: 6385647
    Abstract: Data files, video and audio data, telephone calls, and other multimedia information is multicast through a hybrid network which includes orbiting satellites and the Internet. The multimedia information is multicast to a receiving facility via an orbiting satellite or the Internet. If the status of the transmission indicates that the transmission was unsuccessful, the receiving computer will transmit a failure status to the source, and the source will transmit the multimedia information to the receiving computer, thus providing reliable data delivery. The multicast data is received by a receiving facility and the data is transmitted via industry standard non-proprietary mechanisms utilizing Internet Protocol to each of the destination computers that are members of the multicast group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporations
    Inventors: Dean Willis, Jim Howser, Marty Garrity, Jack Heneghan