Patents by Inventor Blesson Mathews

Blesson Mathews 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 quantifying an impact of a disaster on a network
    Patent number: 7603259
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining an expected impact of a disaster on a network. In particular, one embodiment of the method includes modeling the network as a plurality of geographical regions associated with respective pluralities of network elements and network element interconnectivities, generating a disaster model associated with the disaster by adjusting a disaster framework using a disaster parameter, generating a disaster analysis model using the network model and the disaster model, wherein the disaster analysis model includes a disaster probability parameter and a disaster impact parameter, and determining the expected impact of the disaster on at least a portion of the network using the disaster analysis model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmad M. Jrad, Blesson Mathews, Thomas B. Morawski, Louise F. A. Spergel
  • Method and apparatus for quantifying an impact of a disaster on a network
    Publication number: 20070005680
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining an expected impact of a disaster on a network. In particular, one embodiment of the method includes modeling the network as a plurality of geographical regions associated with respective pluralities of network elements and network element interconnectivities, generating a disaster model associated with the disaster by adjusting a disaster framework using a disaster parameter, generating a disaster analysis model using the network model and the disaster model, wherein the disaster analysis model includes a disaster probability parameter and a disaster impact parameter, and determining the expected impact of the disaster on at least a portion of the network using the disaster analysis model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Ahmad Jrad, Blesson Mathews, Thomas Morawski, Louise Spergel