Patents by Inventor Anthony J Flavin

Anthony J Flavin 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 tunnelling data in a network
    Patent number: 7539196
    Abstract: A communications network including nodes which permit networks to be tunnelled across intermediate networks. The present invention has application, in particular, to SDH networks, SONET and OTN. The content of entities for transportation across an existing network are mapped into a series of subframes and are virtually concatenated across the network. Each subframes is assigned a sequence indicator, which allows the original entity to be assembled at a remote node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: British Telecommunications plc
    Inventors: Anthony J Flavin, Alan McGuire
  • Method and apparatus for tunnelling data in a network
    Publication number: 20040062277
    Abstract: A communications network including nodes which permit networks to be tunnelled across intermediate networks. The present invention has application, in particular, to SDH networks, SONET and OTN. The content of entities for transportation across an existing network are mapped into a series of subframes and are virtually concatenated across the network. Each subframes is assigned a sequence indicator, which allows the original entity to be assembled at a remote node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Anthony J Flavin, Alan McGuire