Patents by Inventor C. Richard Horan

C. Richard Horan 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 reusing service circuit resources in a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6226376
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing resources within a switch where the switch has multiple service circuits each being connected to its own subset of resources. A target service circuit having an available target resource is identified using a resource group list and a request for a resource having a first resource type. The request is based on a received call. The available target resource is connected to the call through the target service circuit. When the target resource is not needed during the call, the target resource is released from the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: C. Richard Horan