Patents by Inventor Steven Gerard Boucque

Steven Gerard Boucque 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).

  • Gateway with improved QoS awareness
    Patent number: 8184550
    Abstract: A device and method for exchanging data frames are disclosed. In one aspect, the device exchanges data between a WAN and one or more LAN segments in an optimized way leading to a better quality of experience for the user. The device comprises an interface exchanging data frames over an access network, at least a first and second subnet interface exchanging data frames and arranged for being coupled to a network, a memory storing classification rules, a classification agent extracting information from an incoming data frame and applying the rules to the extracted information to determine the interface via which the incoming data frame is to be forwarded, and a Quality of Service monitoring agent for retrieving Quality of Service information from the subnet interfaces and dynamically updating the classification rules according to the QoS information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: IMEC, Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventors: Michaël Andries Thomas Beck, Eric Fran Elisa Borghs, Steven Gerard Boucqué, Thierry Pollet, Johan Haspeslagh
  • INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION CHANNEL SELECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090158328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an IPTV Channel selection device, for use in an IPTV system said IPTV system comprising a meta-information holding part that is adapted to store meta-information on each channel of a plurality of IPTV channels, wherein the IPTV Channel selection device comprises a selection engine that is adapted to select at least one IPTV channel from said plurality of IPTV channels based on meta-information on each channel of said plurality of IPTV channels in combination with at least one user-related selection criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Rafael Huysegems, Ing-Jyh Tsang, Nico Victor Verzijp, Erwin Alfons Constant Six, Hans Maurice Felix Corneel Dequeker, Jeroen Hoet, Edith Beatrice Louise M.G. Gilon, Steven Gerard Boucque
  • GATEWAY WITH IMPROVED QoS AWARENESS
    Publication number: 20080267087
    Abstract: A device and method for exchanging data frames are disclosed. In one aspect, the device exchanges data between a WAN and one or more LAN segments in an optimized way leading to a better quality of experience for the user. The device comprises an interface exchanging data frames over an access network, at least a first and second subnet interface exchanging data frames and arranged for being coupled to a network, a memory storing classification rules, a classification agent extracting information from an incoming data frame and applying the rules to the extracted information to determine the interface via which the incoming data frame is to be forwarded, and a Quality of Service monitoring agent for retrieving Quality of Service information from the subnet interfaces and dynamically updating the classification rules according to the QoS information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicants: Interuniversitair Microelektronica Centrum Vzw (IMEC), Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventors: Michael Andries Thomas Beck, Eric Frans Elisa Borghs, Steven Gerard Boucque, Thierry Pollet, Johan Haspeslagh