Patents by Inventor Alan W. Vincent

Alan W. Vincent 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).

  • System and associated method for re-engineering a telecommunications support system with object-oriented translators
    Patent number: 6085255
    Abstract: A re-engineering method for standardizing data processing in a communication network while maintaining user services is disclosed. Data channels, between communicating network data processing components (hereinafter denoted operational components), are made unnecessary by systematically providing bypass data paths. The data on each bypass, transparent to its terminating operational components, is routed through a network manager communicating in a standardized protocol. The manager thereby provides centralized control of data communications and provides standardized object oriented data representations and protocols. For a selected operational component having a bypass for each data channel, the functionality of the selected operational component may be incrementally and transparently assumed by new operational components communicating with the manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignees: US West, Inc., MediaOne Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Vincent, Carlton S. Hall
  • System and associated method for re-engineering a telecommunications support with object-oriented translators
    Patent number: 6055243
    Abstract: A re-engineering method for standardizing data processing in a communication network while maintaining user services is disclosed. Data channels, between communicating network data processing components (hereinafter denoted operational components), are made unnecessary by systematically providing bypass data paths. The data on each bypass, transparent to its terminating operational components, is routed through a network manager communicating in a standardized protocol. The manager thereby provides centralized control of data communications and provides standardized object oriented data representations and protocols. For a selected operational component having a bypass for each data channel, the functionality of the selected operational component may be incrementally and transparently assumed by new operational components communicating with the manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignees: US West, Inc., MediaOne Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Vincent, Carlton S. Hall
  • System and associated method for re-engineering a telecommunications network support system with object-oriented translators
    Patent number: 5903731
    Abstract: A re-engineering method for standardizing data processing in a communication network while maintaining user services is disclosed. Data channels, between communicating network data processing components (hereinafter denoted operational components), are made unnecessary by systematically providing bypass data paths. The data on each bypass, transparent to its terminating operational components, is routed through a network manager communicating in a standardized protocol. The manager thereby provides centralized control of data communications and provides standardized object oriented data representations and protocols. For a selected operational component having a bypass for each data channel, the functionality of the selected operational component may be incrementally and transparently assumed by new operational components communicating with the manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: US West Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan W. Vincent, Carlton S. Hall