Patents by Inventor Clayton Shepard

Clayton Shepard 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).

  • Heterogeneous network access on devices with one or more network interfaces
    Patent number: 8880707
    Abstract: A method for managing TCP flows in a mobile device adapted to connect to two or more wireless network types includes enabling connection to a number of networks of different types at the mobile device and executing a plurality of Internet-enabled applications on the mobile device. Each such application forms an existing TCP connection over a first one of the wireless networks. The routing table is modified such that any additional TCP connection will be created on a second one of the wireless networks. The device determines that a termination condition has occurred and in response to determining that the termination condition has occurred, renders an interface on the mobile device to the first one of the wireless networks inoperative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Deutsche Telekom AG, William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Angela Nicoara, Ahmad Rahmati, Clayton Shepard, Lin Zhong, Jatinder Pal Singh
  • HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ACCESS ON DEVICES WITH ONE OR MORE NETWORK INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20120071141
    Abstract: A method for managing TCP flows in a mobile device adapted to connect to two or more wireless network types includes enabling connection to a number of networks of different types at the mobile device and executing a plurality of Internet-enabled applications on the mobile device. Each such application forms an existing TCP connection over a first one of the wireless networks. The routing table is modified such that any additional TCP connection will be created on a second one of the wireless networks. The device determines that a termination condition has occurred and in response to determining that the termination condition has occurred, renders an interface on the mobile device to the first one of the wireless networks inoperative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Angela Nicoara, Ahmad Rahmati, Clayton Shepard, Lin Zhong, Jatinder Pal Singh