Patents by Inventor Douglas Earl Harbert

Douglas Earl Harbert 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).

  • Self-tuning statistical resource allocation for multipoint network events
    Patent number: 7054933
    Abstract: A method for dynamically allocating MCU resources during a multipoint network event such as a conference call. The method determines the number of MCU resources to allocate for the start of the multipoint network event and then at each of a plurality of modeling intervals during the multipoint event adjusts the number of allocated MCU resources based upon actual inbound users. Self-tuning of the allocation of MCU resources for multipoint events occurs in advance of use by providing a look ahead allocation of resources based on what is likely to be needed in the future for a conferencing event. The number of multipoint events occurring within a tuning interval are counted. The number of MCU resources actually utilized during each multipoint event are accumulated and then a probability value is determined for future use of MCU resources for an upcoming multipoint event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Edward Baxley, Jeffrey Charles Adams, Eric Jay Nylander, Douglas Earl Harbert
  • Self-tuning statistical resource allocation for multipoint network events
    Publication number: 20020165963
    Abstract: A method for dynamically allocating MCU resources during a multipoint network event such as a conference call. The method determines the number of MCU resources to allocate for the start of the multipoint network event and then at each of a plurality of modeling intervals during the multipoint event adjusts the number of allocated MCU resources based upon actual inbound users. Self-tuning of the allocation of MCU resources for multipoint events occurs in advance of use by providing a look ahead allocation of resources based on what is likely to be needed in the future for a conferencing event. The number of multipoint events occurring within a tuning interval are counted. The number of MCU resources actually utilized during each multipoint event are accumulated and then a probability value is determined for future use of MCU resources for an upcoming multipoint event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Warren Edward Baxley, Jeffrey Charles Adams, Eric Jay Nylander, Douglas Earl Harbert