Patents by Inventor Erik Bradley Craig

Erik Bradley Craig 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 and system for load balancing of large file transfers on a wireless network
    Patent number: 8996013
    Abstract: A method and system identifies a data file for transfer to a user. The invention also detects the movement of the user device from which the data file transfer was made and calculates a projected path for movement of the user device. Based on the projected path of movement, the sections of the requested data file are transferred in parallel to node areas where the user device is projected to move according to the projected path. As the user enters a node area, the section of the data file downloaded to that node area is locally transferred to the user device and thereby substantially reducing download time of a large data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Spenser Edward Shumaker, Erik Bradley Craig, Daniel Brian Varga, Erik Woods
  • Method and System for Load Balancing of Large File Transfers on a Wireless Network
    Publication number: 20140287758
    Abstract: A method and system identifies a data file for transfer to a user. The invention also detects the movement of the user device from which the data file transfer was made and calculates a projected path for movement of the user device. Based on the projected path of movement, the sections of the requested data file are transferred in parallel to node areas where the user device is projected to move according to the projected path. As the user enters a node area, the section of the data file downloaded to that node area is locally transferred to the user device and thereby substantially reducing download time of a large data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines
    Inventors: Spenser Edward Shumaker, Erik Bradley Craig, Daniel Brian Varga, Erik Woods
  • Method and system for optimizing large file transfers while moving through nodes on a wireless network
    Patent number: 8606296
    Abstract: A method and system identifies a data file for transfer to a user. The invention also detects the movement of the user device from which the data file transfer was made and calculates a projected path for movement of the user device. Based on the projected path of movement, the sections of the requested data file are transferred in parallel to node areas where the user device is projected to move according to the projected path. As the user enters a node area, the section of the data file downloaded to that node area is locally transferred to the user device and thereby substantially reducing download time of a large data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Spenser Edward Shumaker, Erik Bradley Craig, Daniel Brian Varga, Eric Woods