Patents by Inventor Sarah E. Heiner

Sarah E. Heiner 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).

  • Space-based long term evolution (LTE) communications architecture
    Patent number: 11206581
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may include a serving gateway (SGW) operably coupled to a packet data network gateway (PGW) to setup a session responsive to a request from a terminal to establish the session between the terminal and the PGW. The system may further include deferred data bearers (DDBs), data volumes, contacts, data volume descriptions associated with the data volumes, an application data interface configured to receive the plurality of data volume descriptions and associated data volumes from applications on the terminal, and a deferred bearer agent (DBA) that associates the incoming data volume descriptions and data volumes received from the application data interface with the DDBs based on metrics and transmits data stored in deferred data bearers over contacts established on the terminal for communication to the PGW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Edward J. Birrane, III, Sarah E. Heiner
  • Space-Based Long Term Evolution (LTE) Communications Architecture
    Publication number: 20210007017
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may include a serving gateway (SGW) operably coupled to a packet data network gateway (PGW) to setup a session responsive to a request from a terminal to establish the session between the terminal and the PGW. The system may further include deferred data bearers (DDBs), data volumes, contacts, data volume descriptions associated with the data volumes, an application data interface configured to receive the plurality of data volume descriptions and associated data volumes from applications on the terminal, and a deferred bearer agent (DBA) that associates the incoming data volume descriptions and data volumes received from the application data interface with the DDBs based on metrics and transmits data stored in deferred data bearers over contacts established on the terminal for communication to the PGW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Edward J. Birrane, III, Sarah E. Heiner