Patents by Inventor William Carter Carroll Bullard

William Carter Carroll Bullard 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).

  • Flow probe connectivity determination
    Patent number: 7243143
    Abstract: An accounting system inserts flow probes into various locations within a network to measure certain parameters. The flow probes capture Internet Protocol (IP) packets and determines if the captured IP packets contain messages relating to error reporting. If the IP packet does contain such an error reporting message and is generated within a first protocol, the system maps this into a second protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventor: William Carter Carroll Bullard
  • Fault tolerance for network accounting architecture
    Patent number: 7167860
    Abstract: A system for collecting and aggregating data from network entities for a data consuming application is described. The system includes a data collector layer to receive network flow information from the network entities and to produce records based on the information. The system also includes a flow aggregation layer fed from the data collection layer and coupled to a storage device. The flow aggregation layer receiving records produced by the data collector layer and aggregates received records. The system can also include an equipment interface layer coupled to the data collector layer and a distribution layer to obtain selected information stored in the storage device and to distribute the select information to a requesting, data consuming application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Darryl P. Black, William Carter Carroll Bullard, Kevin Farrell, Utpal Datta
  • System for requesting missing network accounting records if there is a break in sequence numbers while the records are transmitting from a source device
    Patent number: 6625657
    Abstract: A system for collecting and aggregating data from network entities for a data consuming application is described. The system includes a data collector layer to receive network flow information from the network entities and to produce records based on the information. The system also includes a flow aggregation layer fed from the data collection layer and coupled to a storage device. The flow aggregation layer receiving records produced by the data collector layer and aggregates received records. The system can also include an equipment interface layer coupled to the data collector layer and a distribution layer to obtain selected information stored in the storage device and to distribute the select information to a requesting, data consuming application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventor: William Carter Carroll Bullard
  • CAPTURING QUALITY OF SERVICE
    Publication number: 20020091636
    Abstract: A system for collecting and aggregating data from network entities for a data consuming application is described. The system includes a data collector layer to receive network flow information from the network entities and to produce records based on the information. The system also includes a flow aggregation layer fed from the data collection layer and coupled to a storage device. The flow aggregation layer receiving records produced by the data collector layer and aggregates received records. The system can also include an equipment interface layer coupled to the data collector layer and a distribution layer to obtain selected information stored in the storage device and to distribute the select information to a requesting, data consuming application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
    Inventor: WILLIAM CARTER CARROLL BULLARD
  • Enhancement of network accounting records
    Patent number: 6405251
    Abstract: A system for collecting and aggregating data from network entities for a data consuming application is described. The system includes a data collector layer to receive network flow information from the network entities and to produce records based on the information. The system also includes a flow aggregation layer fed from the data collection layer and coupled to a storage device. The flow aggregation layer receiving records produced by the data collector layer and aggregates received records. The system can also include an equipment interface layer coupled to the data collector layer and a distribution layer to obtain selected information stored in the storage device and to distribute the select information to a requesting, data consuming application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: William Carter Carroll Bullard, Kevin Farrell, Steven Ball, Daniel O. Mahoney, II