Patents by Inventor Thomas Pliakas

Thomas Pliakas 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).

  • TRADING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20130054833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for buying connectivity. A routing engine may receive a buyer request for a connectivity path wherein the buyer request includes a buyer criteria. The routing engine may identify one or more connectivity paths wherein each identified connectivity path comprises one or more connectivity legs. The routing engine may determine one or more available connectivity paths based on the buyer criteria and the routing engine may select an optimal connectivity path from the determined available connectivity paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Mika Kristian Skarp, Tiju-Titus John, Balasubramanian Manoharan, Thomas Pliakas, Jyri Seiger, Burkhard Sturm
  • SELLING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20130054298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing a selling mechanism, in particular for connectivity. A trading engine may receive a seller request for a connectivity leg from a seller wherein the seller request includes a seller criteria. A routing engine may identify if the connectivity leg falls within a connectivity path for a buyer. The routing engine may determine if relevant criteria of the seller criteria for the connectivity leg are fulfilled and a reservation component may reserve the connectivity leg for said buyer based if the relevant criteria of the seller criteria are fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Mika Kristian Skarp, Tiju-Titus John, Balasubramanian Manoharan, Thomas Pliakas, Jyri Seiger, Burkhard Sturm
  • TRADING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20110276719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for buying connectivity. A routing engine 103 may receive a buyer request for a connectivity path wherein the buyer request includes a buyer criteria. The routing engine 103 may identify one or more connectivity paths wherein each identified connectivity path comprises one or more connectivity legs. The routing engine 103 may determine one or more available connectivity paths based on the buyer criteria and the routing engine 103 may select an optimal connectivity path from the determined available connectivity paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Burkhard Sturm, Thomas Pliakas, Tiju Titus John, Balasubramanian Manoharan, Jyri Seiger, Mika Kristian Skarp
  • SELLING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20110276431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing a selling mechanism, in particular for connectivity. A trading engine 102 may receive a seller request for a connectivity leg from a seller wherein the seller request includes a seller criteria. A routing engine 103 may identify if the connectivity leg falls within a connectivity path for a buyer. The routing engine 103 may determine if relevant criteria of the seller criteria for the connectivity leg are fulfilled and a reservation component 107 may reserve the connectivity leg for said buyer based if the relevant criteria of the seller criteria are fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Burkhard STURM, Thomas Pliakas, Tiju Titus JOHN, Balasubramanian MANOHARAN, Jyri Seiger, Mika Kristian SKARP