Patents by Inventor Christopher Mark Roadknight

Christopher Mark Roadknight 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).

  • Communications network
    Patent number: 7478162
    Abstract: An emergent network is autonomous at the service level. Network nodes have policies that enable them to process different types of service requests, with the processing earning the nodes ‘rewards’. Successful nodes can pass some or all of their policies to other nodes using the evolutionary biology of bacteria as a model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Roadknight, Ian W Marshall
  • Communications network
    Publication number: 20030014538
    Abstract: The present invention provides an emergent network that is autonomous at the service level. Network nodes have policies that enable them to process different types of service requests, with the processing earning the nodes ‘rewards’. Successful nodes can pass some or all of their policies to other nodes using the evolutionary biology of bacteria as a model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Roadknight, Ian W Marshall