Patents by Inventor Michele Catherine Ann Mazza Clayton

Michele Catherine Ann Mazza Clayton 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).

  • Trusted elements within a distributed bandwidth system
    Patent number: 6574610
    Abstract: A distributed bandwidth metering system (200) uses trusted elements throughout the system to collect and process usage data. The trusted elements in the distributed bandwidth metering system include subscriber units (210), at least one network controller (230), and at least one billing center (250). When subscriber unit (210) requests and obtains bandwidth from the system, subscriber unit (210) monitors its own usage and sends usage data to a network controller (230) in a predetermined manner. Network controller (230) assembles the data for a particular session and sends the data to a billing center. The billing center generates the billing and invoicing data using the session data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele Catherine Ann Mazza Clayton, Elaine Harriett Alexander, John Francis Tunny, Michael Keith Stinson