Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Charles Hale

Jeffrey Charles Hale 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).

  • Publication number: 20210099741
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ensuring that sufficient network bandwidth exists to support proper operation of an IPTV service. An application monitoring device monitors one or more networked devices that collectively run an IPTV application and various other applications. The application monitoring device determines the amount of network bandwidth used by these various other applications. If the applications use sufficient bandwidth that an insufficient amount remains for proper operation of the IPTV application, the application monitoring device may reduce the amount of bandwidth used by the various applications. Bandwidth reduction may be accomplished by, for example, identifying certain applications that consume excessive bandwidth, and instructing the applications to close, throttle their bandwidth usage, or pause one or more operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Hale, Chul Ho Hyon, Gabriel C. Dalbec
  • Publication number: 20210099740
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ensuring that sufficient network bandwidth exists to support proper operation of an IPTV service. An application monitoring device monitors one or more networked devices that collectively run an IPTV application and various other applications. The application monitoring device determines the amount of network bandwidth used by these various other applications. If the applications use sufficient bandwidth that an insufficient amount remains for proper operation of the IPTV application, the application monitoring device may reduce the amount of bandwidth used by the various applications. Bandwidth reduction may be accomplished by, for example, identifying certain applications that consume excessive bandwidth, and instructing the applications to close, throttle their bandwidth usage, or pause one or more operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Hale, Chul Ho Hyon, Gabriel C. Dalbec
  • Patent number: 8457894
    Abstract: A navigation device automatically determines a travel mode based on at least one non-user input and configures itself based on the travel mode. The device generates one or more directions or navigation routes based on routing information, a user location, a destination, and the travel mode. The device then displays the one or more directions for the user. The automatic determination may be based on a travel speed, connection to an external power source, connection to an external power source and a travel speed, and/or receipt of one or more signals from a transmitter coupled to a vehicle. The user may be able to override configuration of the device based on the travel mode. The system may be implemented as an integrated device or may be implemented as a server computing device connected to a client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Charles Hale
  • Publication number: 20110066364
    Abstract: A navigation device automatically determines a travel mode based on at least one non-user input and configures itself based on the travel mode. The device generates one or more directions or navigation routes based on routing information, a user location, a destination, and the travel mode. The device then displays the one or more directions for the user. The automatic determination may be based on a travel speed, connection to an external power source, connection to an external power source and a travel speed, and/or receipt of one or more signals from a transmitter coupled to a vehicle. The user may be able to override configuration of the device based on the travel mode. The system may be implemented as an integrated device or may be implemented as a server computing device connected to a client computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Charles Hale