Patents by Inventor Donald McGinley

Donald McGinley 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).

  • Apparatus and method for interfacing multiple protocol stacks in a communication network
    Patent number: 6757731
    Abstract: A system, device, and method for interfacing multiple protocol stacks in a communication network utilizes a virtual circuit subsystem to interconnect protocol stacks internally within a network device. The virtual circuit subsystem establishes a virtual connection between at least a first protocol of a first protocol stack and a second protocol of a second protocol stack. The virtual circuit subsystem enables messages to be exchanged between the first protocol of the first protocol stack and the second protocol of the second protocol stack over the virtual connection. Specifically, the virtual circuit subsystem converts a transmitted message received from the first protocol into a received message for the second protocol, and converts a transmitted message received from the second protocol into a received message for the first protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Frank Barnes, Sandipan Basu, Donald McGinley, Richard Crump, Arvind Kukreja