Patents by Inventor Daniel Covey

Daniel Covey 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).

  • Method, apparatus, and computer program product for dynamic bandwidth management in an IP-network
    Patent number: 8375414
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for dynamic bandwidth management in an IP-network, wherein a channel identifier indicating a channel for a program content is detected (S0), a state identifier indicating a high bandwidth permission for a terminal equipment is checked (S1), a high bandwidth IP address for said detected channel identifier is determined (S2), and in case a high bandwidth permission exists a joining (S3) is realized to said high bandwidth IP address to receive a high bandwidth content of said channel, or a high bandwidth permission is requested (S10) in case no high bandwidth permission exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Daniel Covey
  • Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Dynamic Bandwidth Management in An IP-Network
    Publication number: 20100005499
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for dynamic bandwidth management in an IP-network, wherein a channel identifier indicating a channel for a program content is detected (S0), a state identifier indicating a high bandwidth permission for a terminal equipment is checked (S1), a high bandwidth IP address for said detected channel identifier is determined (S2), and in case a high bandwidth permission exists a joining (S3) is realized to said high bandwidth IP address to receive a high bandwidth content of said channel, or a high bandwidth permission is requested (S10) in case no high bandwidth permission exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Daniel Covey