Patents by Inventor Michael Bernard Smith

Michael Bernard 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).

  • Packet-based aggregation of data streams across disparate networking interfaces
    Patent number: 9608899
    Abstract: System and method for load-balancing a plurality of transmission media. A first plurality of packets of a first stream may be transmitted to a second device on a first transmission medium. It may be determined that current medium utilization of the first transmission medium exceeds a first threshold. The first stream may be selected for transmission on both of the first transmission medium and a second transmission medium based on said determining that current medium utilization of the first transmission medium exceeds the first threshold. A second plurality of packets of the first stream may then be transmitted to the second device using both the first transmission medium and the second transmission medium. A first portion of the second plurality of packets may be transmitted on the first transmission medium and a second portion of the second plurality of packets may be transmitted on the second transmission medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Etan Gur Cohen, Michael Bernard Smith
  • Packet-Based Aggregation of Data Streams Across Disparate Networking Interfaces While Providing Robust Reaction to Dynamic Network Interference With Path Selection and Load Balancing
    Publication number: 20130132604
    Abstract: System and method for load-balancing a plurality of transmission media. A first plurality of packets of a first stream may be transmitted to a second device on a first transmission medium. It may be determined that current medium utilization of the first transmission medium exceeds a first threshold. The first stream may be selected for transmission on both of the first transmission medium and a second transmission medium based on said determining that current medium utilization of the first transmission medium exceeds the first threshold. A second plurality of packets of the first stream may then be transmitted to the second device using both the first transmission medium and the second transmission medium. A first portion of the second plurality of packets may be transmitted on the first transmission medium and a second portion of the second plurality of packets may be transmitted on the second transmission medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Etan Gur Cohen, Michael Bernard Smith