Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Sullivan

Thomas F. Sullivan 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).

  • Satellite network service sharing
    Patent number: 11968700
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing network access services to mobile users via mobile terminals over a satellite system. In embodiments, dynamic multiplexing of traffic from fixed terminals and mobile users on the same satellite beam can take advantage of statistical multiplexing of large numbers of users and on different usage patterns between fixed terminals and mobile users. In embodiments, quality-of-service (QoS) is controlled for mobile devices at a per-user level. Mobile users may be provisioned on the satellite system according to a set of traffic policies based on their service level agreement (SLA). System resources of the satellite may be allocated to mobile users based on the demand of each mobile user and the set of traffic polices associated with each mobile user, regardless of which mobile terminal is used to access the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Ryan Johnson, Brian T. Sleight, Thomas Duncan Lookabaugh, James Esserman, William F. Sullivan, Meherwan Polad
  • Security container system and a method of transporting or shipping at least one item
    Publication number: 20040129039
    Abstract: A method of transporting or shipping at least one item is provided. The method comprises placing the at least one item into a first container. The method further comprises securely closing the first container, locking the first container, placing the first container into a transport container so that the first container fits flush within the transport container, and shipping the containers to a recipient. A security container system for transporting or shipping at least one item is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Robert E. Reetz, Chris W. Connors, Thomas F. Sullivan
  • Self-contained renewable energy system
    Patent number: 4883823
    Abstract: An integrated power system is located adjacent a body of saline water. The power system includes a solar powered and a wind driven engine. Desalinization and electrolysis of the water is provided. The system produces carbon dioxide and hydrogen which are used to generate methanol. The methanol can be used as a fuel to drive a combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Perry Oceanographics, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Perry, Jr., Bharat K. Bhatt, Jesse Capps, Paul M. Eldridge, Leonard Greiner, Robert W. Lockyer, Michelle Martin, Raymond R. McNeice, Steven M. Misiaszek, Stanton S. Perry, Thomas F. Sullivan, Paul G. Campbell
  • Self-contained renewable energy system
    Patent number: 4776171
    Abstract: An integrated power system is located adjacent a body of saline water. The power system includes a solar powered and a wind driven engine. Desalinization and electrolysis of the water is provided. The system produces carbon dioxide and hydrogen which are used to generate methanol. The methanol can be used as a fuel to drive a combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Perry Oceanographics, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Perry, Jr., Bharat K. Bhatt, Jesse Capps, Paul M. Eldridge, Leonard Greiner, Robert W. Lockyer, Michelle Martin, Raymond R. McNeice, Steven M. Misiaszek, Stanton S. Perry, Thomas F. Sullivan, Paul G. Campbell