Patents by Inventor John Coyle Heneghan

John Coyle Heneghan 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 apparatus for managing delivery of multimedia content in a communications system
    Patent number: 6745237
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing delivery of data, also referred to as “content”, by a data processing system in a communications system in which a number of content providers and content consumers are located within the communications system. The data processing system receives a request to accept delivery of content at the data processing system, wherein the request originates from a requesting content provider. A determination is made as to when the content may be received from the requesting content provider and when the content may be transmitted to content consumers based on contents already scheduled to be delivered from the number of content providers. Delivery of the content from the requesting content provider is accepted based on a determination of when the content may be received and when the content may be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Michael Garrity, John Coyle Heneghan, James L. Howser, Heinrick Sinnreich, Edward D. Willis
  • Method and apparatus for managing delivery of multimedia content in a communications system
    Patent number: 6230205
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing delivery of data, also referred to as “content”, by a data processing system in a communications system in which a number of content providers and content consumers are located within the communications system. The data processing system receives a request to accept delivery of content at the data processing system, wherein the request originates from a requesting content provider. A determination is made as to when the content may be received from the requesting content provider and when the content may be transmitted to content consumers based on contents already scheduled to be delivered from the number of content providers. Delivery of the content from the requesting content provider is accepted based on a determination of when the content may be received and when the content may be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Michael Garrity, John Coyle Heneghan, James L. Howser, Heinrick Sinnreich, Edward D. Willis