Patents by Inventor Steve C. Shaffer

Steve C. Shaffer 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).

  • Publication number: 20170237621
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to allocate bandwidth between first and second subscribers of a communications network are disclosed. An example method includes, based on a projection that a first data allotment for a first network access account of the first subscriber within a time period will be exceeded, identifying the second subscriber. The first and second subscribers are in a same subscriber group. The second subscriber is projected to have a second network data usage that is below a second data allotment for a second network access account of the second subscriber within the time period. The first and second subscribers have different billing addresses. Assent from the second subscriber to transfer a portion of the second data allotment to the first subscriber is determined. In response, the portion of the second data allotment from the second network access account is transferred to the first network access account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony Reynolds, Christopher Huffman, Kenneth Daleo, Keith Peterson, Darren Dejaeger, Steve C. Shaffer, Blaine Fawcett