Patents by Inventor Dan Stevenson

Dan Stevenson 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).

  • Mobile device network selection
    Patent number: 8781479
    Abstract: The described implementations relate to automatic network selection in relation to wireless mobile devices. One method can be applied to a mobile device that has both Wi-Fi and cellular capabilities. The method can attempt to identify Wi-Fi network availability for the mobile device. This method also evaluates whether to configure the mobile device to accomplish data communication over an identified Wi-Fi network or a cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihong Mao, Stephen Goggin, Attila Pall, Grzegorz Lapinski, Kresimir Bozic, Dan Stevenson, Dan Teodosiu
  • MOBILE DEVICE NETWORK SELECTION
    Publication number: 20100184440
    Abstract: The described implementations relate to automatic network selection in relation to wireless mobile devices. One method can be applied to a mobile device that has both Wi-Fi and cellular capabilities. The method can attempt to identify Wi-Fi network availability for the mobile device. This method also evaluates whether to configure the mobile device to accomplish data communication over an identified Wi-Fi network or a cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihong Mao, Stephen Goggin, Attila Pall, Grzegorz Lapinski, Kresimir Bozic, Dan Stevenson, Dan Teodosiu
  • SCHEDULING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL BURST SWITCHED NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20090080885
    Abstract: An optical network scheduling device (10) including a plurality of schedulers (16) each corresponding to a respective channel in the optical burst switch network and configured to maintain a transmission schedule for the respective channel; and a controller (12) configured to receive a burst transmission request and to select at least one of the schedulers as a selected scheduler schedule a burst transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Research Triangel Institute
    Inventors: Pronita Mehrotra, Dan Stevenson, Mark Cassada, Wayne Dettloff