Patents by Inventor Wendy Raoux

Wendy Raoux 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).

  • Patent number: 7860953
    Abstract: A system and method automates and simplifies tasks associated with setting up a user self-activating network-based service. A configurable input engine is configured to define the service. The service may, for example, use a plurality of networking devices and/or computing devices. After the service is defined, an offer of the service is published to a user. The offer includes values of commercial terms and/or values of configuration parameters associated with the offer. Upon receiving an acceptance of the offer from the user, the configurable input engine automatically generates activations for the devices to be used by the service. The activations are sent to policy distribution points (PDPs) where the activations are translated into device-specific instructions. The device-specific instructions are in turn sent to the devices (networking devices and/or computing devices) to be configured. The device-specific instructions configure the devices, thereby automatically setting up the service for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sonus Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Patent number: 7506147
    Abstract: A “policy distribution point” (PDP) allows service drivers to be installed remotely and automatically without rebooting the PDP or otherwise interrupting existing network-based services. The exposure of sensitive configuration data to non-secure networks is minimized by placing PDPs close to the devices to be configured. Service drivers on the PDP can be reused to configure multiple devices of the same type. The PDP receives an “activation” and uses a service driver on the PDP to translate the activation into “device-specific instructions.” The device-specific instructions are sent to a device and configure the device to set up the network-based service. One or more PDPs can be used to configure both computing device and networking devices to provide a single service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sonus Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Scaffidi Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Publication number: 20080114832
    Abstract: A system allows subscribers quickly to self-activate network-based services by automatically configuring network elements. A service provider preconfigures a state machine on a core server. At the time of self-activation, activations are sent to policy distribution points (PDPs) that translate the activations into device-specific instructions, which in turn configure network elements to provide services. The speed of self-activation is increased by generating activations faster in the core server, by translating activations into device-specific instructions faster in the PDPs, and by separating the configuration of the network elements from complex registration steps. Initiation steps that configure network elements are performed faster by an initiation module that reads from, but does not write to, databases. Subscribers perform dynamic service selection using the initiation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Argentina, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Patrick Rhude
  • Patent number: 7310663
    Abstract: A system allows subscribers quickly to self-activate network-based services by automatically configuring network elements. A service provider preconfigures a state machine on a core server. At the time of self-activation, activations are sent to policy distribution points (PDPs) that translate the activations into device-specific instructions, which in turn configure network elements to provide services. The speed of self-activation is increased by generating activations faster in the core server, by translating activations into device-specific instructions faster in the PDPs, and by separating the configuration of the network elements from complex registration steps. Initiation steps that configure network elements are performed faster by an initiation module that reads from, but does not write to, databases. Subscribers perform dynamic service selection using the initiation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Atreus Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Scaffidi Argentina, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Patrick Rhude
  • Publication number: 20070022187
    Abstract: A “policy distribution point” (PDP) allows service drivers to be installed remotely and automatically without rebooting the PDP or otherwise interrupting existing network-based services. The exposure of sensitive configuration data to non-secure networks is minimized by placing PDPs close to the devices to be configured. Service drivers on the PDP can be reused to configure multiple devices of the same type. The PDP receives an “activation” and uses a service driver on the PDP to translate the activation into “device-specific instructions.” The device-specific instructions are sent to a device and configure the device to set up the network-based service. One or more PDPs can be used to configure both computing device and networking devices to provide a single service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonio Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Patent number: 7134013
    Abstract: A “policy distribution point” (PDP) allows service drivers to be installed remotely and automatically without rebooting the PDP or otherwise interrupting existing network-based services. The exposure of sensitive configuration data to non-secure networks is minimized by placing PDPs close to the devices to be configured. Service drivers on the PDP can be reused to configure multiple devices of the same type. The PDP receives an “activation” and uses a service driver on the PDP to translate the activation into “device-specific instructions.” The device-specific instructions are sent to a device and configure the device to set up the network-based service. One or more PDPs can be used to configure both computing device and networking devices to provide a single service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Atreus Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Scaffidi Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Publication number: 20060149830
    Abstract: A system and method automates and simplifies tasks associated with setting up a user self-activating network-based service. A configurable input engine is configured to define the service. The service may, for example, use a plurality of networking devices and/or computing devices. After the service is defined, an offer of the service is published to a user. The offer includes values of commercial terms and/or values of configuration parameters associated with the offer. Upon receiving an acceptance of the offer from the user, the configurable input engine automatically generates activations for the devices to be used by the service. The activations are sent to policy distribution points (PDPs) where the activations are translated into device-specific instructions. The device-specific instructions are in turn sent to the devices (networking devices and/or computing devices) to be configured. The device-specific instructions configure the devices, thereby automatically setting up the service for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Patent number: 7024470
    Abstract: A system and method automates and simplifies tasks associated with setting up a user self-activating network-based service. A configurable input engine is configured to define the service. The service may, for example, use a plurality of networking devices and/or computing devices. After the service is defined, an offer of the service is published to a user. The offer includes values of commercial terms and/or values of configuration parameters associated with the offer. Upon receiving an acceptance of the offer from the user, the configurable input engine automatically generates activations for the devices to be used by the service. The activations are sent to policy distribution points (PDPs) where the activations are translated into device-specific instructions. The device-specific instructions are in turn sent to the devices (networking devices and/or computing devices) to be configured. The device-specific instructions configure the devices, thereby automatically setting up the service for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Atreus Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Publication number: 20030191826
    Abstract: A system allows subscribers quickly to self-activate network-based services by automatically configuring network elements. A service provider preconfigures a state machine on a core server. At the time of self-activation, activations are sent to policy distribution points (PDPs) that translate the activations into device-specific instructions, which in turn configure network elements to provide services. The speed of self-activation is increased by generating activations faster in the core server, by translating activations into device-specific instructions faster in the PDPs, and by separating the configuration of the network elements from complex registration steps. Initiation steps that configure network elements are performed faster by an initiation module that reads from, but does not write to, databases. Subscribers perform dynamic service selection using the initiation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Atreus Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Scaffidi Argentina, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Patrick Rhude
  • Publication number: 20030159072
    Abstract: A network-based service creation platform automates and simplifies many tasks associated with defining new network service offerings to network users, publishing the new service offerings to the users, handling the subscription and registration of subscribers to the new service, billing for the service, and otherwise managing the service. In one embodiment, once a user is authenticated a first time, the user is then automatically authenticated for multiple network-based services without having to perform separate manual logins for each service. Moreover, the user is authenticated for a plurality of networking devices and/or computing devices used to provide the services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Atreus Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Scaffidi Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Publication number: 20030149751
    Abstract: A system and method automates and simplifies tasks associated with setting up a user self-activating network-based service. A configurable input engine is configured to define the service. The service may, for example, use a plurality of networking devices and/or computing devices. After the service is defined, an offer of the service is published to a user. The offer includes values of commercial terms and/or values of configuration parameters associated with the offer. Upon receiving an acceptance of the offer from the user, the configurable input engine automatically generates activations for the devices to be used by the service. The activations are sent to policy distribution points (PDPs) where the activations are translated into device-specific instructions. The device-specific instructions are in turn sent to the devices (networking devices and/or computing devices) to be configured. The device-specific instructions configure the devices, thereby automatically setting up the service for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Atreus Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Publication number: 20030149894
    Abstract: A “policy distribution point” (PDP) allows service drivers to be installed remotely and automatically without rebooting the PDP or otherwise interrupting existing network-based services. The exposure of sensitive configuration data to non-secure networks is minimized by placing PDPs close to the devices to be configured. Service drivers on the PDP can be reused to configure multiple devices of the same type. The PDP receives an “activation” and uses a service driver on the PDP to translate the activation into “device-specific instructions.” The device-specific instructions are sent to a device and configure the device to set up the network-based service. One or more PDPs can be used to configure both computing device and networking devices to provide a single service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Atreus Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Bellinger, Richard Burke, Thomas Phillips, Antonino Scaffidi Argentina, Andrea Baptiste, Gaetan Delahousse, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux, Luc Richard, Stephanie Bazin, Scott Brookes, Patrick Rhude
  • Publication number: 20020169858
    Abstract: A central Service Creation Platform (SCP) is located at the service provider's premises. The SCP gives service providers a common platform from which to create and deploy new services, manage services, and record and aggregate billing records. The SCP includes a (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) LDAP database that stores policies associated with the various distributed network elements. The SCP is connected to Service Delivery Agents (SDAs) distributed throughout the network, which in turn are connected to Managed Elements (MEs). The MEs are hardware or software elements that provide the services to users. The SDAs control the MEs and, depending on the type of ME, can monitor the activity of the ME.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Doug Bellinger, Richard Burke, Pat Rhude, Tom Phillips, Geoff Stewart, Wendy Raoux