Robert M Flavin

US Patent:

6959327, Oct 25, 2005

Filed:

Aug 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/649954

Inventors:

Norbert George Vogl - Mahopac NY, US
Geoffrey Hale Purdy - Roxbury CT, US
Robert Alan Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Yuan Feng - White Plains NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709219, 709235, 709236, 709237, 709238, 725 94, 370229, 370230, 370233, 370234, 370238

Abstract:

A computer dispatcher connected to one or more respective network buffers has stored file lists that identify one or more of the files in the database that are to be transmitted over networks connected to the respective network buffer. A scheduler(s) schedule one or more portions of one or more of the files to be written to the respective network buffers by defining transmission criteria about each of the files in the file list. These transmission criteria include a quantity to transmit criteria, defining a quantity of one or more of the portions of the respective file to transmit, and one or more release times. The release times define the time at which the respective portion is to be written to the network buffer. The system includes a dispatching process that determines an available space on one or more of the network buffers and a current system time. The dispatching process determines if the system time is greater than or equal to one of the release times and further takes a minimum value of the available space and the quantity of the respective portion.

US Patent:

7150017, Dec 12, 2006

Filed:

Aug 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/649953

Inventors:

Norbert George Vogl - Mahopac NY, US
Geoffrey Hale Purdy - Roxbury CT, US
Robert Alan Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Yuan Feng - White Plains NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

718102, 725 97, 725146, 725 93, 725101, 709227, 709229

Abstract:

The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time. The digital information has a number of packets. A transmit time process determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets and a network speed. A scheduler schedules a transmit time for the digital information and an acceptance process accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time.

US Patent:

7249366, Jul 24, 2007

Filed:

Aug 5, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/368433

Inventors:

Robert Alan Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04N 7/16
H04N 7/10
H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 25, 725 28, 725 29, 725 32, 725 46

Abstract:

A segment announcing system is disclosed that contains one or more segment announcement receivers that receive one or more announcements over a network connection and/or other communication connection. The announcements contain content information about the content of broadcast information being broadcast, e. g. , to a television. The segment announcement receivers have one or more control outputs to perform a function, typically to control the segment announcement receivers during processing of information called a content stream.

US Patent:

7403994, Jul 22, 2008

Filed:

Aug 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/649973

Inventors:

Norbert George Vogl - Mahopac NY, US
Geoffrey Hale Purdy - Roxbury CT, US
Robert Alan Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Yuan Feng - White Plains NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709227, 709223, 709224, 709229, 718102, 718107, 370230, 370468

Abstract:

The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.

US Patent:

7830890, Nov 9, 2010

Filed:

Jul 10, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/170806

Inventors:

Norbert George Vogl - Mahopac NY, US
Geoffrey Hale Purdy - Roxbury CT, US
Robert Alan Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Yuan Feng - White Plains NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04L 12/56

US Classification:

3703954, 37039541, 709227

Abstract:

The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.

US Patent:

8090841, Jan 3, 2012

Filed:

Jul 10, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/170834

Inventors:

Norbert George Vogl - Mahopac NY, US
Geoffrey Hale Purdy - Roxbury CT, US
Robert Alan Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Yuan Feng - White Plains NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709227, 709202, 709223, 709224, 370230, 370468, 718102

Abstract:

The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.

US Patent:

8375086, Feb 12, 2013

Filed:

May 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/755967

Inventors:

Robert A. Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

709205, 715751

Abstract:

A shared state manager (SSM) for collaboration includes an updating module for updating a shared state of data based on a request to edit the data made by a client, and a notifying module for, upon the updating the shared state, notifying another client of the updated state.

US Patent:

7996545, Aug 9, 2011

Filed:

Jun 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/145880

Inventors:

Norbert George Vogl - Mahopac NY, US
Geoffrey Hale Purdy - Roxbury CT, US
Robert Alan Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Yuan Feng - White Plains NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709229, 725 97, 725146, 725 93, 725101, 718102

Abstract:

The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time. The digital information has a number of packets. A transmit time process determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets and a network speed. A scheduler schedules a transmit time for the digital information and an acceptance process accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time.