Patents by Inventor Eric Goodill

Eric Goodill 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).

  • Customer traffic forwarding continues while control plane is reset
    Patent number: 8554949
    Abstract: A method and apparatus selectively resetting a control plane in a network element is described. One embodiment of the invention is a network element with a selective reset controller that can reset the control plane of the network element without interrupting the data traffic processing of the data plane of the network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ericsson AB
    Inventors: Eric Goodill, Manuel Jude Fernandes, Tak Kuen Tang, Lei Glen Chen
  • Customer traffic forwarding continues while control plane is reset
    Publication number: 20070220358
    Abstract: A method and apparatus selectively resetting a control plane in a network element is described. One embodiment of the invention is a network element with a selective reset controller that can reset the control plane of the network element without interrupting the data traffic processing of the data plane of the network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Goodill, Manuel Jude Fernandes, Tak Kuen Tang, Lei Glen Chen