Patents by Inventor Michael E. Humes

Michael E. Humes 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 method for upgrading service class of a connection in a wireless network
    Patent number: 7433688
    Abstract: A system and method for upgrading service class of a connection in a wireless network includes identifying a congested CoS in a sector of a wireless network. Bandwidth availability in the sector is determined at an enhanced CoS in relation to the congested CoS. A communications session is selected in the congested CoS for upgrading. The communications session is upgraded to the enhanced CoS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerzy W. Miernik, Michael E. Humes
  • System and method for upgrading service class of a connection in a wireless network
    Patent number: 7155215
    Abstract: A system and method for upgrading service class of a connection in a wireless network includes identifying a congested CoS in a sector of a wireless network. Bandwidth availability in the sector is determined at an enhanced CoS in relation to the congested CoS. A communications session is selected in the congested CoS for upgrading. The communications session is upgraded to the enhanced CoS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerzy W. Miernik, Michael E. Humes
  • System and method for prevention of emergency call drops in a wireless network
    Patent number: 6628933
    Abstract: There is disclosed for use in a wireless network comprising a plurality of base transceiver substations capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations, an apparatus for preventing the dropping of an emergency call associated with a first one of the plurality mobile stations. The apparatus comprises a call drop controller for receiving from the wireless network a maintenance command directed to a first base transceiver substation handling the emergency call, determining whether the maintenance command may cause the first base transceiver substation to drop the emergency call and, in response to such a determination, preventing the maintenance command from being executed by the first base transceiver substation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael E. Humes
  • Surface mounted integrated antenna within a mobile telephony base station
    Patent number: D427180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael E. Humes, James S. Brunson, Hossein Pasvar