Yuan Feng

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:

7107582, Sep 12, 2006

Filed:

Nov 15, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/003957

Inventors:

Edward Clarke - Ossining NY, US
Yuan Feng - White Plains NY, US
Robert Flavin - Yortown Heights NY, US
Geoffrey H. Purdy - Roxbury CT, US
Norbert G. Vogl - Mahopac NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06F 9/45

US Classification:

717143, 717114

Abstract:

A computer system and method is presented for dynamic content resolution. The invention comprises one or more source program files and one or more insert statements inserted into the source program files. The insert statements having one or more logical condition statements with one or more logical parameters and one or more state statements. An insert statement parser determines a state of the condition statement, selects one of the state statements associated with the state, and parses the selected state statement into one or more content source indicators. A content source identification process uses one or more of the content source indicators to determine a content source type and one or more access instructions. A content source access process uses the access instructions to access a content source object. A content insertion process replaces the insert statement with the source object in the source program file.

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:

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:

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.

US Patent:

20070147360, Jun 28, 2007

Filed:

Dec 5, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/566749

Inventors:

Norbert Vogl - Mahopac NY, US
Geoffrey Purdy - Roxbury CT, US
Robert Flavin - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Yuan Feng - White Plains NY, US
Edward Clarke - Ossining NY, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/50

US Classification:

370371000

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.