Patents by Inventor Benoit Côté

Benoit Côté 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).

  • Device and method for the plugging of services in conduits
    Patent number: 8197158
    Abstract: A plug for a tubular service entrance of a conduit, wherein the plug includes a core body having a central hollow channel extending from a first end to second end of the core body; at least one flexible fin extending radially outwardly from the core body and having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the tubular service entrance so that the plug is adapted to fit tightly into the tubular service entrance, and wherein the at least one flexible fin is deformable to adapt to the shape of the service entrance and apply a lateral force against the inner diameter of the service entrance. A plug dispensing magazine for storing and dispensing service entrance plugs to be service entrances of a conduit prior to installation of a liner in the conduit and a method of sealing the service entrances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sanexen Environmental Services Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Sudano, Michael Davison, Benoit Côté
  • Method and system of assigning access connections
    Patent number: 8199676
    Abstract: A method and system for load balancing network access solutions, for example Provider Edger (PE) routers and network interface cards within said routers, based on characteristics of the destination device to which the assigned network access solutions connect. This enables a service provider to load balance access connections of a particular customer across a number of different network access solutions, based on who the customer is and where the customer is located. In addition, such a system can balance network access solutions based on capacity and utilization of the network access solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: BCE Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo Virgilio, Benoit Côté, Michael B. Haarsma, Jeffrey F. Baines
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ASSIGNING ACCESS CONNECTIONS
    Publication number: 20110167157
    Abstract: A method and system for load balancing network access solutions, for example Provider Edger (PE) routers and network interface cards within said routers, based on characteristics of the destination device to which the assigned network access solutions connect. This enables a service provider to load balance access connections of a particular customer across a number of different network access solutions, based on who the customer is and where the customer is located. In addition, such a system can balance network access solutions based on capacity and utilization of the network access solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: BCE INC.
    Inventors: Angelo VIRGILIO, Jeffrey Fredrick BAINES, Benoit CÔTÉ, Michael Brian HAARSMA
  • Method and system of assigning access connections
    Patent number: 7907521
    Abstract: A method and system for load balancing network access solutions, for example Provider Edger (PE) routers and network interface cards within said routers, based on characteristics of the destination device to which the assigned network access solutions connect. This enables a service provider to load balance access connections of a particular customer across a number of different network access solutions, based on who the customer is and where the customer is located. In addition, such a system can balance network access solutions based on capacity and utilization of the network access solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: BCE Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo Virgilio, Benoit Côté, Michael B. Haarsma, Jeffrey F. Baines