Patents by Inventor Donald Barry Mellen

Donald Barry Mellen 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).

  • Patent number: 9497114
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media, such as storage devices and/or storage disks) to implement label stack identification for lawful interception of virtual private network traffic are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein can include detecting a trigger that is to cause synchronization of label stack data associated with first virtual private network traffic to be intercepted, the label stack data used to route the first virtual private network traffic in a network. Such example methods can also include, in response to detecting the trigger, initiating execution of a first command on a first router in the network to determine a first label used to route the first virtual private network traffic in the network. Such example methods can further include determining a current label stack for the first virtual private network traffic based on the first label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Propery I, L.P
    Inventors: Arthur L. Zaifman, John M. Mocenigo, Donald Barry Mellen
  • Publication number: 20150131653
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media, such as storage devices and/or storage disks) to implement label stack identification for lawful interception of virtual private network traffic are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein can include detecting a trigger that is to cause synchronization of label stack data associated with first virtual private network traffic to be intercepted, the label stack data used to route the first virtual private network traffic in a network. Such example methods can also include, in response to detecting the trigger, initiating execution of a first command on a first router in the network to determine a first label used to route the first virtual private network traffic in the network. Such example methods can further include determining a current label stack for the first virtual private network traffic based on the first label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Arthur L. Zaifman, John M. Mocenigo, Donald Barry Mellen