Patents by Inventor Adam O. MacHale

Adam O. MacHale 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).

  • Providing in-line services through radio access network resources under control of a mobile packet core in a network environment
    Patent number: 9614656
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes sending, by a first entity associated with an access network, a first request message including a session identifier associated with a user session to a second entity associated with a core network. The method further includes establishing a first control channel with the second entity in which the first control channel is associated with the session identifier. The first control channel is an in-band channel between the first entity and the second entity. The method further includes receiving policy information associated with the user session from the second entity using the first control channel. The policy information is indicative of one or more policies to be applied in the access network to user data associated with the user session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Malgorzata Kaczmarska-Wojtania, Martin Schubert, Hendrikus G. P. Bosch, Humberto J. La Roche, Adam O. MacHale, Walter Gottfried Bindrim, John L. Moughton
  • PROVIDING IN-LINE SERVICES THROUGH RADIO ACCESS NETWORK RESOURCES UNDER CONTROL OF A MOBILE PACKET CORE IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20160277168
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes sending, by a first entity associated with an access network, a first request message including a session identifier associated with a user session to a second entity associated with a core network. The method further includes establishing a first control channel with the second entity in which the first control channel is associated with the session identifier. The first control channel is an in-band channel between the first entity and the second entity. The method further includes receiving policy information associated with the user session from the second entity using the first control channel. The policy information is indicative of one or more policies to be applied in the access network to user data associated with the user session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicants: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Malgorzata Kaczmarska-Wojtania, Martin Schubert, Hendrikus G. P. Bosch, Humberto J. La Roche, Adam O. MacHale, Walter Gottfried Bindrim, John L. Moughton
  • Providing in-line services through radio access network resources under control of a mobile packet core in a network environment
    Patent number: 9300453
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes sending, by a first entity associated with an access network, a first request message including a session identifier associated with a user session to a second entity associated with a core network. The method further includes establishing a first control channel with the second entity in which the first control channel is associated with the session identifier. The first control channel is an in-band channel between the first entity and the second entity. The method further includes receiving policy information associated with the user session from the second entity using the first control channel. The policy information is indicative of one or more policies to be applied in the access network to user data associated with the user session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Malgorzata Kaczmarska-Wojtania, Martin Schubert, Hendrikus G. P. Bosch, Humberto J. La Roche, Adam O. MacHale, Walter Gottfried Bindrim, John L. Moughton
  • PROVIDING IN-LINE SERVICES THROUGH RADIO ACCESS NETWORK RESOURCES UNDER CONTROL OF A MOBILE PACKET CORE IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150139085
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes sending, by a first entity associated with an access network, a first request message including a session identifier associated with a user session to a second entity associated with a core network. The method further includes establishing a first control channel with the second entity in which the first control channel is associated with the session identifier. The first control channel is an in-band channel between the first entity and the second entity. The method further includes receiving policy information associated with the user session from the second entity using the first control channel. The policy information is indicative of one or more policies to be applied in the access network to user data associated with the user session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Malgorzata Kaczmarska-Wojtania, Martin Schubert, Hendrikus G. P. Bosch, Humberto J. La Roche, Adam O. MacHale, Walter Gottfried Bindrim, John L. Moughton