Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Scifres

Mark Alan Scifres 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).

  • System and process for allocating flow capacity in a network
    Patent number: 7113990
    Abstract: A flow allocation system includes a set of collection agents, a set of restriction agents, a processing agent and at least one usage limit selected from a volume limit set and a rate limit set. The flow allocation system is implemented between a set of usage devices and a service network. The collection agents monitor flows between the usage devices and the service network. The processing agent sums the flows for each of the usage devices, determines whether any of the summed flows reach the usage limit, and selects at least one flow restriction rule for the subset of usage devices reaching the usage limit. The set of restriction agents implement the flow restriction control rule for the subset of usage devices reaching the usage limit. The processing agent also uses exception handling techniques to shift usage quotas for the usage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Distributed Management Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Scifres, Jeremy A. Shaffner, Timothy Michael Yardley
  • System and process for allocating flow capacity in a network
    Patent number: 6912574
    Abstract: A flow allocation system includes a set of collection agents, a set of restriction agents, a processing agent and at least one usage limit selected from a volume limit set and a rate limit set. The flow allocation system is implemented between a set of usage devices and a service network. The collection agents monitor flows between the usage devices and the service network. The processing agent sums the flows for each of the usage devices, determines whether any of the summed flows reach the usage limit, and selects at least one flow restriction rule for the subset of usage devices reaching the usage limit. The set of restriction agents implement the flow restriction control rule for the subset of usage devices reaching the usage limit. The processing agent also uses exception handling techniques to shift usage quotas for the usage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: DHC, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Alan Scifres, Jeremy Adam Schaffner, Timothy Michael Yardley
  • System and process for allocating flow capacity in a network
    Publication number: 20030225905
    Abstract: A flow allocation system includes a set of collection agents, a set of restriction agents, a processing agent and at least one usage limit selected from a volume limit set and a rate limit set. The flow allocation system is implemented between a set of usage devices and a service network. The collection agents monitor flows between the usage devices and the service network. The processing agent sums the flows for each of the usage devices, determines whether any of the summed flows reach the usage limit, and selects at least one flow restriction rule for the subset of usage devices reaching the usage limit. The set of restriction agents implement the flow restriction control rule for the subset of usage devices reaching the usage limit. The processing agent also uses exception handling techniques to shift usage quotas for the usage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Alan Scifres, Jeremy Adam Schaffner, Timothy Michael Yardley