Patents by Inventor Tom Dinkelaker

Tom Dinkelaker 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).

  • Patent number: 11870597
    Abstract: A method for determining a resource use of resources provided by one or more devices (50) in order to carry out a service, the method comprising at a miner (100): determining (S41) a latest block (35b) of a blockchain (35) related to the service and a total resource information present in the latest block, wherein the total resource information represents the total amount of resources used by the one or more devices (50) for providing the service since a defined starting point in time, determining (S42) that a new use case of resources of a first device of the one or more devices (50) has occurred which is not reflected by the total resource information and determining a new amount of the resources used by the first device during the new use case, determining (S43) a new total resource information in which the total resource information is combined with the new amount of the resources and which reflects a complete use of the resources of the one or more devices from the defined starting point until determi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), ERICSSON TELEKOMMUNIKATION GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Tom Dinkelaker, Armin Dittschar, Markus Pieras, Heike Scholz
  • Publication number: 20190334996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method in a network comprising a plurality of nodes for monitoring an object, wherein a first node (100) performs or triggers the steps of providing (202), in the network, a first rank value for monitoring the object by the node, determining a comparison result by comparing the first rank value with at least a second rank value provided by another node or receiving a result of the comparison, and transferring or assuming a monitoring responsibility based on the comparison result; the invention further related to a corresponding computer program, a corresponding computer program product and a corresponding node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tom Dinkelaker, Gregory Liokumovich, Joerg Niemoeller, Heike Scholz