Patents by Inventor Kevin J. WEISMILLER

Kevin J. WEISMILLER 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).

  • Desktop control of traffic transmitted to a user device
    Patent number: 8959206
    Abstract: A system is configured to obtain information that identifies a first rate for first traffic associated with an object within a desktop associated with a user device and a second rate for second traffic associated with another object within the desktop; provide a virtual desktop based on the information; create a first zone, within the desktop, associated with the object; create a second zone, within the desktop, associated with the other object; compare the first rate and the second rate to a threshold; provide, via the virtual desktop, the first zone, having first appearance attributes, based on the first rate being greater than the threshold, and the second zone, having second appearance attributes, based on the second rate not being greater than the threshold; receive selection of the first zone; and output a request to control the first traffic based on the selection of the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Weismiller, Mark D. Carney
  • DESKTOP CONTROL OF TRAFFIC TRANSMITTED TO A USER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130219047
    Abstract: A system is configured to obtain information that identifies a first rate for first traffic associated with an object within a desktop associated with a user device and a second rate for second traffic associated with another object within the desktop; provide a virtual desktop based on the information; create a first zone, within the desktop, associated with the object; create a second zone, within the desktop, associated with the other object; compare the first rate and the second rate to a threshold; provide, via the virtual desktop, the first zone, having first appearance attributes, based on the first rate being greater than the threshold, and the second zone, having second appearance attributes, based on the second rate not being greater than the threshold; receive selection of the first zone; and output a request to control the first traffic based on the selection of the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. WEISMILLER, Mark D. Carney