Patents by Inventor Donald Pitchforth
Donald Pitchforth 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).
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Patent number: 9092791Abstract: A method and system of provisioning resources installed in a network element. Resources are installed in the network element. As resources are placed into service, a notification is transmitted to the vendor. The vendor generates an invoice, and the service provider generates a purchase order. Furthermore, a capacity planning system may monitor the system as resources are placed into service. If the amount of spare resources fall below a predetermined limit, the capacity planning system may transmit a request to the vendor for the additional equipment. In this manner, resources may be installed prior to the actual need for the resources. The resources may then be paid for by the service provider as the resources are needed and placed into service, thereby enabling a risk-sharing arrangement between the service provider and the vendor.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Day, Donald Pitchforth
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Patent number: 9037746Abstract: A method includes establishing a first pseudowire between a first switching device and a second switching device. The method also includes receiving customer traffic that includes time division multiplexed data and formatting the time division multiplexed data as packets. The method further includes identifying a destination for the customer traffic, identifying the first pseudowire for forwarding the customer traffic and forwarding the customer traffic via the first pseudowire to the second switching device.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Christopher N. Del Regno, Howard H. Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, Jr., Terry W. McGinnis, Ronald Dennis Day
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Patent number: 8797838Abstract: A device may isolate a first failure of a network interface that transports packets from one point in a network to another point in the network, may detect a subsequent failure of the interface, and may identify a recovery of the network interface from the subsequent failure. In addition, the device may restore the network interface to the network to enable the interface to transport packets after a wait-to-restore period that is approximately greater than or equal to a time difference between when the first failure and the subsequent failure occur.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Donald Pitchforth, Jr.
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Patent number: 8630188Abstract: A device detects a signal condition for a link aggregation group (LAG) link, compares the detected signal condition to a signal threshold range, and enables one of a disabled state or a disabled timer state for the LAG link if the detected signal condition is outside the signal threshold range.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Scott R Kotrla, Howard H Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, Jr., Michael U Bencheck, Richard C Schell, Matthew W Turlington, Glenn Wellbrock, James D Lee
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Patent number: 8565085Abstract: A disclosed method and device relate to defining a link aggregation group (LAG) media access control (MAC) address and assigning the LAG MAC address to two or more links to define a LAG. The LAG MAC address does not duplicate physical MAC addresses associated with the links in the LAG. Datagrams associated with the links in the LAG are routed based on the LAG MAC address.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Scott R. Kotrla, Howard H. Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, Jr., Michael U. Bencheck, Richard C. Schell, Matthew W. Turlington, Glenn Wellbrock, James D. Lee
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Patent number: 8437262Abstract: A device enables a disabled timer state for a link aggregation group (LAG) link if a disabled timer condition is determined for the LAG link, and enables a disabled state for the LAG link if a disabled condition is determined for the LAG link in the disabled timer state.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Scott R. Kotrla, Howard H. Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, Jr., Michael U. Bencheck, Richard C. Schell, Matthew W. Turlington, Glenn Wellbrock, James D. Lee
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Publication number: 20110292787Abstract: A device enables a disabled timer state for a link aggregation group (LAG) link if a disabled timer condition is determined for the LAG link, and enables a disabled state for the LAG link if a disabled condition is determined for the LAG link in the disabled timer state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Scott R. KOTRLA, Howard H. CHIU, Donald PITCHFORTH, JR., Michael U. BENCHECK, Richard C. SCHELL, Matthew W. TURLINGTON, Glenn WELLBROCK, James D. LEE
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Publication number: 20110251939Abstract: A method and system of provisioning resources installed in a network element. Resources are installed in the network element. As resources are placed into service, a notification is transmitted to the vendor. The vendor generates an invoice, and the service provider generates a purchase order. Furthermore, a capacity planning system may monitor the system as resources are placed into service. If the amount of spare resources fall below a predetermined limit, the capacity planning system may transmit a request to the vendor for the additional equipment. In this manner, resources may be installed prior to the actual need for the resources. The resources may then be paid for by the service provider as the resources are needed and placed into service, thereby enabling a risk-sharing arrangement between the service provider and the vendor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLCInventors: Ronald D. DAY, Donald PITCHFORTH
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Patent number: 8036134Abstract: A device enables a disabled timer state for a link aggregation group (LAG) link if a disabled timer condition is determined for the LAG link, and enables a disabled state for the LAG link if a disabled condition is determined for the LAG link in the disabled timer state.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Scott R. Kotrla, Howard H. Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, Jr., Michael U. Bencheck, Richard C. Schell, Matthew W. Turlington, Glenn Wellbrock, James D. Lee
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Patent number: 7978840Abstract: A method and system of provisioning resources installed in a network element. Resources are installed in the network element. As resources are placed into service, a notification is transmitted to the vendor. The vendor generates an invoice, and the service provider generates a purchase order. Furthermore, a capacity planning system may monitor the system as resources are placed into service. If the amount of spare resources fall below a predetermined limit, the capacity planning system may transmit a request to the vendor for the additional equipment. In this manner, resources may be installed prior to the actual need for the resources. The resources may then be paid for by the service provider as the resources are needed and placed into service, thereby enabling a risk-sharing arrangement between the service provider and the vendor.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLCInventors: Ronald D. Day, Donald Pitchforth
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Patent number: 7929448Abstract: A device detects a signal condition for a link aggregation group (LAG) link, compares the detected signal condition to a signal threshold range, and enables one of a disabled state or a disabled timer state for the LAG link if the detected signal condition is outside the signal threshold range.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Scott R. Kotrla, Howard H. Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, Jr., Michael U. Bencheck, Richard C. Schell, Matthew W. Turlington, Glenn Wellbrock, James D. Lee
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Publication number: 20110058487Abstract: A device detects a signal condition for a link aggregation group (LAG) link, compares the detected signal condition to a signal threshold range, and enables one of a disabled state or a disabled timer state for the LAG link if the detected signal condition is outside the signal threshold range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Scott R. Kotrla, Howard H. Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, JR., Michael U. Bencheck, Richard C. Schell, Matthew W. Turlington, Glenn Wellbrock, James D. Lee
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Patent number: 7899072Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment may include a method, comprising receiving, at a computing device, network bandwidth information for a network, receiving, at a computing device, a request for network bandwidth, identifying, at a computing device, one or more portions of network bandwidth to fulfill the request. The method may include provisioning the one or more identified portions of unallocated network bandwidth for the request. The identification may comprise utilizing the network bandwidth information to identify one or more portions of unallocated network bandwidth with sufficient capacity for the request, and determining which of the one or more portions of unallocated network bandwidth will result in less fragmentation of remaining unallocated network bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Nathan P. Staehling, Michael Freiberger, Donald Pitchforth, Jr.
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Publication number: 20110010589Abstract: A device may isolate a first failure of a network interface that transports packets from one point in a network to another point in the network, may detect a subsequent failure of the interface, and may identify a recovery of the network interface from the subsequent failure. In addition, the device may restore the network interface to the network to enable the interface to transport packets after a wait-to-restore period that is approximately greater than or equal to a time difference between when the first failure and the subsequent failure occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventor: Donald Pitchforth, JR.
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Patent number: 7835291Abstract: A device enables a disabled timer state for a link aggregation group (LAG) link if a disabled timer condition is determined for the LAG link, and enables a disabled state for the LAG link if a disabled condition is determined for the LAG link in the disabled timer state.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Scott R. Kotrla, Howard H. Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, Jr., Michael U. Bencheck, Richard C. Schell, Matthew W. Turlington, Glenn Wellbrock, James D. Lee
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Patent number: 7830784Abstract: A device may isolate a first failure of a network interface that transports packets from one point in a network to another point in the network, may detect a subsequent failure of the interface, and may identify a recovery of the network interface from the subsequent failure. In addition, the device may restore the network interface to the network to enable the interface to transport packets after a wait-to-restore period that is approximately greater than or equal to a time difference between when the first failure and the subsequent failure occur.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Donald Pitchforth, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100246409Abstract: A device enables a disabled timer state for a link aggregation group (LAG) link if a disabled timer condition is determined for the LAG link, and enables a disabled state for the LAG link if a disabled condition is determined for the LAG link in the disabled timer state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Scott R. KOTRLA, Howard H. CHIU, Donald PITCHFORTH, JR., Michael U. BENCHECK, Richard C. SCHELL, Matthew W. TURLINGTON, Glenn WELLBROCK, James D. LEE
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Publication number: 20100080244Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment may include a method, comprising receiving, at a computing device, network bandwidth information for a network, receiving, at a computing device, a request for network bandwidth, identifying, at a computing device, one or more portions of network bandwidth to fulfill the request. The method may include provisioning the one or more identified portions of unallocated network bandwidth for the request. The identification may comprise utilizing the network bandwidth information to identify one or more portions of unallocated network bandwidth with sufficient capacity for the request, and determining which of the one or more portions of unallocated network bandwidth will result in less fragmentation of remaining unallocated network bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: Verizon Business Network Services, Inc.Inventors: Nathan P. STAEHLING, Michael FREIBERGER, Donald PITCHFORTH, JR.
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Publication number: 20090003195Abstract: A device may isolate a first failure of a network interface that transports packets from one point in a network to another point in the network, may detect a subsequent failure of the interface, and may identify a recovery of the network interface from the subsequent failure. In addition, the device may restore the network interface to the network to enable the interface to transport packets after a wait-to-restore period that is approximately greater than or equal to a time difference between when the first failure and the subsequent failure occur.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: Verizon Business Network Services Inc.Inventor: Donald PITCHFORTH, JR.
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Publication number: 20080281980Abstract: A method includes establishing a first pseudowire between a first switching device and a second switching device. The method also includes receiving customer traffic that includes time division multiplexed data and formatting the time division multiplexed data as packets. The method further includes identifying a destination for the customer traffic, identifying the first pseudowire for forwarding the customer traffic and forwarding the customer traffic via the first pseudowire to the second switching device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicants: Verizon Services Organization Inc., Verizon Business Network Services Inc.Inventors: Christopher N. Del Regno, Howard H. Chiu, Donald Pitchforth, JR., Terry W. McGinnis, Ronald Dennis Day