Patents by Inventor Alan Edson Cooper

Alan Edson Cooper 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).

  • Data communication
    Patent number: 9497316
    Abstract: A method and corresponding device for determining a data connection profile for a data connection (15) between one of a plurality of end-user devices (14, 16, 18) and an aggregation transceiver device (24, 34), the data connection belonging to one of a plurality of predetermined categories, each category being associated with one of a plurality of service providing entities (62, 64, 66), the method comprising receiving performance data indicative of the performance of a data connection; receiving an entity identifier indicative of one of said plurality of service providing entities, and determining in dependence thereon the category to which the data connection belongs; and determining a data connection profile for the data connection in dependence on the performance data and on the category so-determined, the data connection profile specifying a set of values for one or more parameters associated with the data connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Christopher Marcus Croot, Ashley Pickering, Philipp Anthony Everett, Alan Edson Cooper, Ian Edwin Horsley
  • DATA COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20150003596
    Abstract: A method and corresponding device for determining a data connection profile for a data connection (15) between one of a plurality of end-user devices (14, 16, 18) and an aggregation transceiver device (24, 34), the data connection belonging to one of a plurality of predetermined categories, each category being associated with one of a plurality of service providing entities (62, 64, 66), the method comprising receiving performance data indicative of the performance of a data connection; receiving an entity identifier indicative of one of said plurality of service providing entities, and determining in dependence thereon the category to which the data connection belongs; and determining a data connection profile for the data connection in dependence on the performance data and on the category so-determined, the data connection profile specifying a set of values for one or more parameters associated with the data connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Marcus Croot, Ashley Pickering, Philipp Anthony Everett, Alan Edson Cooper, Ian Edwin Horsley