Patents by Inventor Cathy A. Fulton

Cathy A. Fulton 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 of active dynamic resource assignment in a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6980511
    Abstract: A method of adaptive resource allocation in transmitting data is provided. In particular, the method of the present invention is applicable to scheduling bandwidths using a modified and dynamic weighted round robin process. The method includes the steps of allocating a resource to each of a plurality of data transmitting active connections, the plurality of active connections belonging to more than one class of service. Then the method determines a lender class of service for each active connection from which resources may be reallocated to the active connection, and periodically comparing the resource usage of an active connection to an upper threshold and a lower threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Santera Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Na Li, San-qi Li, Cathy A. Fulton