Patents by Inventor Timothy S. Sotack

Timothy S. Sotack 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).

  • Monitoring and allocating access across a shared communications medium
    Patent number: 7274667
    Abstract: A method of providing network access across a shared communications medium between competing users includes the steps of monitoring network access usage by each user for a past time interval and, based on the monitored network access usage, allocating network access for each user for a future time interval. Features include forecasting network access of the users in a future time interval, and prioritizing the users for allocating network access to the users. The network access allocations represent network access allowances available to the users during the future time interval, and further may represent network access usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin W. McKinnon, III, Mani M. Subramanian, Timothy S. Sotack, John Joseph Ehrley
  • Monitoring and allocating access across a shared communications medium
    Publication number: 20010038639
    Abstract: A method of providing network access across a shared communications medium between competing users includes the steps of monitoring network access usage by each user for a past time interval and, based on the monitored network access usage, allocating network access for each user for a future time interval. Features include forecasting network access of the users in a future time interval, and prioritizing the users for allocating network access to the users. The network access allocations represent network access allowances available to the users during the future time interval, and further may represent network access usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Martin W. McKinnon, Mani M. Subramanian, Timothy S. Sotack, John Joseph Ehrley