Patents by Inventor Timothy Daniel Sullivan

Timothy Daniel Sullivan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for suppressing route request messages for wireless gateway applications
    Patent number: 6505050
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for suppressing route request messages for wireless gateway applications by establishing a relationship between a serving mobile switching center identifier and a facility identifier at a wireless gateway switch. The wireless gateway switch determines a corresponding facility to the serving mobile switch in order to establish an incoming call to a wireless subscriber unit. An exemplary embodiment exploits the present invention in a wireless system utilizing ANSI-41 messaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Gerald Brudos, Harold Robert Smith, Jr., Timothy Daniel Sullivan