Your petitioner, Thomas J Tuck a citizen of the
United States of America and a resident of Fairfax, VA prays that letters patent
may be granted for the implementation of Internet Latency as set forth in the
following specification:
Description: Internet Latency is the delay
between sending packets of data between two or more points over a network, and
consists of all factors involved with increasing the delay as set forth in the
environment above. Although Internet Latency is a direct result of TCP/IP
(patent#4,563,749), it was not mentioned in the patent. I discover Internet
Latency last week while I was playing Ultima Online; therefore I am going to
patent it so that I can become an IT millionaire overnight. Some factors that
can/will increase the delay between packets of data being sent, which in turn
proportional increases latency are as follows:
a) My computer illiterate
neighbors downloading mp3s while on the same cable modem network as myself.
b) The inability of Microsoft®
engineers to set the MTU, TTL, and packet size appropriately for it's common
user.
c) Toshiba® manufacturing
cable modems.
d) The network engineers at my
ISP needing a refresher coarse on how to improve routing tables.
e) The 16-year-old punk next
door that is running an illegal "ftp warez " site with no software worth
downloading. (I checked)
f) EXODUS.net
I claim: the ornamental implementation of Internet Latency as shown. Any person
or properties that directly cause an increase in Internet Latency will be
subject to a nominal fee, billed out in monthly requests based on per minute
increases.
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Your petitioner, Thomas J Tuck a citizen of the United States of America and a resident of Fairfax, VA prays that letters patent may be granted for the implementation of Internet Latency as set forth in the following specification:
Description: Internet Latency is the delay between sending packets of data between two or more points over a network, and consists of all factors involved with increasing the delay as set forth in the environment above. Although Internet Latency is a direct result of TCP/IP (patent#4,563,749), it was not mentioned in the patent. I discover Internet Latency last week while I was playing Ultima Online; therefore I am going to patent it so that I can become an IT millionaire overnight. Some factors that can/will increase the delay between packets of data being sent, which in turn proportional increases latency are as follows:
a) My computer illiterate neighbors downloading mp3s while on the same cable modem network as myself. b) The inability of Microsoft® engineers to set the MTU, TTL, and packet size appropriately for it's common user. c) Toshiba® manufacturing cable modems. d) The network engineers at my ISP needing a refresher coarse on how to improve routing tables. e) The 16-year-old punk next door that is running an illegal "ftp warez " site with no software worth downloading. (I checked) f) EXODUS.netI claim: the ornamental implementation of Internet Latency as shown. Any person or properties that directly cause an increase in Internet Latency will be subject to a nominal fee, billed out in monthly requests based on per minute increases.