Patents by Inventor Lucy M. Smith

Lucy M. Smith 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).

  • End to end simulation of a content delivery system
    Patent number: 6886029
    Abstract: A method for testing upgrades and modifications to a first transmission network by providing a second internet transmission network including components that duplicate or simulate one or more of the components of the first network. The second network duplicates the functionality and configuration of the first network thereby permitting modifications to be installed and tested on the second network prior to installing them on the first transmission network. This in turn allows “bugs” to be found and eliminated before modifications are used on the first network. The invention also allows error signals to be injected to enable operators to compensate for and to avoid these errors before they appear on the first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Panamsat Corporation
    Inventors: Vivian Pecus, Christopher Benden, David Lynn Bullock, Philip C. Lausier, Mark Russell Kalmbach, Lucy M. Smith