Michael R Gibbs

US Patent:

7236575, Jun 26, 2007

Filed:

Sep 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/671315

Inventors:

Roger Kim - Ashburn VA, US
Michael Gibbs - Manassas VA, US
Alexander Mashinsky - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. - New Brunswick NJ

International Classification:

H04M 15/00

US Classification:

37911407, 37911412, 37911501, 370352

Abstract:

A method and system for trading IP bandwidth in an exchange environment. Participating members of the exchange register their IP route destinations with the exchange. The exchange collects buy and sell orders, which include parameters such as the desired destination, price and quality of the routes. The buy and sell orders are matched based on the specified parameters, and lists of matched orders are forwarded to members' routers for execution of the trades. The exchange settles the executed trades by issuing invoices in accordance with the buyer members' usage of the bandwidth offered by the seller members.

US Patent:

7948875, May 24, 2011

Filed:

Jan 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/042597

Inventors:

Michael D. Gibbs - Herndon VA, US
Gebran Krikor - Burtonsville MD, US
Roger Kim - Ashburn VA, US

Assignee:

AIP Acquisition, LLC - Fort Lee NY

International Classification:

G01R 31/08
H04L 12/28
H04L 12/66
H04L 12/40
H04J 3/16

US Classification:

370229, 370241, 370252, 370254, 370332, 370351, 370352, 370401, 370465

Abstract:

A method for measuring a quality of an IP network of a member of a trading exchange includes finding a penultimate hop corresponding to each IP network IP network prefix in a set of IP network IP network prefixes of a member, determining a quality score for the each IP network IP network prefix based on tests performed at the penultimate hop, and creating a matrix for the member including the determined quality for the each IP network IP network prefix. The quality is used to facilitate matching the offers of the buyers and sellers.