Patents by Inventor David Edward Ray

David Edward Ray 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).

  • Configuration state management system, method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7694001
    Abstract: A communication system, method, computer program product, and apparatus include common equipment shared between multiple independently administered networks. The common equipment is reconfigurable and expandable and provides changed communication capacity and functions when additional elements are added or reconfigured. Configurable features include, for example, communication bandwidth, Quality of Service, and a number of communication satellites included in the communication system. The common equipment includes expandable elements including, for example, a single hub modem chassis that can expand to communicate with more than one communication satellite and a protocol processor that can share a protocol processing task with another protocol processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: VT iDirect, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Burdick, David Edward Ray
  • Virtual network operator system, method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7493081
    Abstract: A communication system, method, computer program product, and apparatus include common equipment shared between multiple independently administered networks. The common equipment is reconfigurable and expandable and provides changed communication capacity and functions when additional elements are added or reconfigured. Configurable features include, for example, communication bandwidth, Quality of Service, and a number of communication satellites included in the communication system. The common equipment includes expandable elements including, for example, a single hub modem chassis that can expand to communicate with more than one communication satellite and a protocol processor that can share a protocol processing task with another protocol processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: VT iDIRECT, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Burdick, David Edward Ray, Nicoleta Ionita