Patents by Inventor Jon Shugart

Jon Shugart 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 means for providing scheduling for a videoconferencing network in a manner to ensure bandwidth
    Patent number: 7437463
    Abstract: A method and system for scheduling and conducting videoconferences that ensure that the necessary bandwidth for the videoconference will be available and that select the least cost equipment to carry the videoconference. An embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of determining for a schedule request by a user if the necessary bandwidth to conduct a videoconference will be available. Also, the embodiment measures the performance of equipment and systems used to conduct the videoconference and determines if the equipment and systems are performing at a level necessary to conduct the videoconference. Alternative embodiments may include selecting multipoint endpoints to support the videoconference, scheduling videoconferences over two independent networks, emulating routers to ensure that the least cost route for the videoconference is selected, and responding to a scheduling request by informing the user to reschedule the videoconference when the network cannot support the videoconference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Valletutti, John Benjamin Atha, Stephen Bentley, Jon Shugart