Patents by Inventor Michael P. Valcourt

Michael P. Valcourt 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).

  • Program modeling tool
    Patent number: 9253549
    Abstract: Method, device, and non-transitory storage medium to receive peak viewership parameters that indicate one or more program channels to be modeled; query a device that stores viewership data based on the peak viewership parameters; determine a peak viewership for the one or more program channels; query another device that stores network configuration data pertaining to a program delivery network; obtain channel path information pertaining to the one or more program channels; generate peak channel delivery data based on the channel path information and the peak viewership data; and simulate, based on the peak channel delivery data, resource utilization of the program delivery network stemming from a provisioning of the one or more program channels according to a delivery channel format that is different from another delivery channel format that was used to deliver the one or more program channels to subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Valcourt, Donald E. Smith, James F. Di Mattia, Leonard J. Andrews
  • Program Modeling Tool
    Publication number: 20140033241
    Abstract: Method, device, and non-transitory storage medium to receive peak viewership parameters that indicate one or more program channels to be modeled; query a device that stores viewership data based on the peak viewership parameters; determine a peak viewership for the one or more program channels; query another device that stores network configuration data pertaining to a program delivery network; obtain channel path information pertaining to the one or more program channels; generate peak channel delivery data based on the channel path information and the peak viewership data; and simulate, based on the peak channel delivery data, resource utilization of the program delivery network stemming from a provisioning of the one or more program channels according to a delivery channel format that is different from another delivery channel format that was used to deliver the one or more program channels to subscribers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Michael P. Valcourt, Donald E. Smith, James F. Di Mattia, Leonard J. Andrews