Patents by Inventor Rene Gallant

Rene Gallant 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).

  • Automatic discovery of nodes associated with a virtual subnet
    Patent number: 6587455
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for dynamic allocation of a network address associated with a virtual subnet (302) to a network device (100) having a transceiver (102) coupled to a network (304) for broadcasting an address server query message (602) in response to initialization of the network device (100) and an address server (200) coupled to the network (304) sending the network address associated with a virtual subnet (302) to the network device (100) in response to the address server (200) receiving the address server query message (602).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Dipankar Ray, Rene Gallant
  • Systems and methods for providing an intelligent network (IN) service to transparently establish a mid-call conference without requiring an intermediate hold state
    Patent number: 6539219
    Abstract: Systems and methods related to providing an Intelligent Network (in) service to transparently establish a mid-call conference using a Mobile Station (MS), without requiring an intermediate hold state of an existing call connection between the MS and a second telephony device; such systems and methods can be adapted to implementation in any wireless communications network, such as a Global Services for Mobile Communication (GSM) network. In an exemplary embodiment, a wireless communications network adapted to provide the IN service includes a Mobile-services Switching Center (MSC), and a Service Control Point (SCP), wherein the MSC is operative to send a request to the SCP to activate the IN service, and the SCP is operative to send a Prompt&Collect_User_Information command to the MSC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventors: Rene Gallant, Muhammad Arshad Khan