Patents by Inventor Christopher Edward Foley

Christopher Edward Foley 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).

  • System and method for managing bandwidth utilization
    Patent number: 7171482
    Abstract: A method of managing bandwidth utilization during a communication session between a client system and a server system is disclosed. The method comprises monitoring data exchanged between the client system and server system, the client system operating a first application and a second application. The method further comprises detecting client-side contention for available bandwidth between the first application and the second application, and reducing accessible bandwidth for the first application based on the client-side contention. In one embodiment, the method further comprises increasing accessible bandwidth for the first application when client-side contention is no longer detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: iAnywhere Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Kemple Jones, Jr., Scott Michael McLean, Christopher Edward Foley
  • System and method for managing bandwidth utilization
    Publication number: 20040010585
    Abstract: A method of managing bandwidth utilization during a communication session between a client system and a server system is disclosed. The method comprises monitoring data exchanged between the client system and server system, the client system operating a first application and a second application. The method further comprises detecting client-side contention for available bandwidth between the first application and the second application, and reducing accessible bandwidth for the first application based on the client-side contention. In one embodiment, the method further comprises increasing accessible bandwidth for the first application when client-side contention is no longer detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Jerome Kemple Jones, Scott Michael McLean, Christopher Edward Foley