Patents by Inventor Eugene Wallace

Eugene Wallace 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: 9967148
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes systems, methods, and computer readable media for selective Diameter topology hiding. The system includes a Diameter agent including a network interface configured to receive, from a first Diameter node in a first service provider network, a first Diameter signaling message including Diameter topology information and a Diameter topology hiding module (THM). In some aspects, the THM is configured to determine a trust relationship between the first service provider network and a second service provider network to which the first Diameter signaling message is addressed, in response to determining that the trust relationship requires at least some level of topology hiding, determine a topology hiding type based on the first Diameter signaling message, and modify, based on the topology hiding type, the Diameter topology information included in the first Diameter signaling message to hide at least some of the Diameter topology information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pankaj Goyal, Jonathan James Palmer, Donald Eugene Wallace, Steven Robert Donovan, Rajat Budhiraja
  • Patent number: 9647936
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for routing Diameter messages. The method includes steps occurring at a Diameter signaling router (DSR) comprising a plurality of Diameter message processors. The method includes receiving a Diameter request message. The method further includes generating a hop-by-hop identifier for identifying a first Diameter message processor of the plurality of Diameter message processors. The method further includes incorporating the hop-by-hop identifier into the Diameter request message. The method further includes routing the Diameter request message to a first Diameter node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Tekelec, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Eugene Wallace, David Michael Sprague, Jonathan James Palmer, Thomas Michael Wagner, Jeffrey Alan Craig
  • Patent number: 9626702
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for provided embedded transaction modules are disclosed. One disclosed method comprises receiving a user input in an embedded transaction module displayed on a first webpage, wherein the user input is associated with a transaction and the embedded transaction module is not affiliated with the first webpage, and completing the transaction within the first webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Market America, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Wallace, Ashfaq Rahman
  • Publication number: 20170012824
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes systems, methods, and computer readable media for selective Diameter topology hiding. The system includes a Diameter agent including a network interface configured to receive, from a first Diameter node in a first service provider network, a first Diameter signaling message including Diameter topology information and a Diameter topology hiding module (THM). In some aspects, the THM is configured to determine a trust relationship between the first service provider network and a second service provider network to which the first Diameter signaling message is addressed, in response to determining that the trust relationship requires at least some level of topology hiding, determine a topology hiding type based on the first Diameter signaling message, and modify, based on the topology hiding type, the Diameter topology information included in the first Diameter signaling message to hide at least some of the Diameter topology information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Pankaj Goyal, Jonathan James Palmer, Donald Eugene Wallace, Steven Robert Donovan, Rajat Budhiraja
  • Patent number: 8996636
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for answer-based routing of Diameter request messages are disclosed. According to one method, a Diameter request message is received from a first Diameter node at a. A copy of at least a portion of the Diameter request message is cached at the DSR and the Diameter request message is routed to a second Diameter node. The DSR determines whether a predetermined condition associated with an answer to the first Diameter request message exists. In response to determining that the predetermined condition exists, the cached portion of the Diameter request message is retrieved, a Diameter request that includes the cached portion of the Diameter request message is generated, and the generated Diameter request message is routed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Tekelec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Craig, Mark Edward Kanode, Thomas Matthew McCann, David Michael Sprague, Donald Eugene Wallace, Peter Joseph Marsico
  • Patent number: 8799391
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for routing Diameter messages. The method includes steps occurring at a Diameter signaling router (DSR) comprising a plurality of Diameter message processors. The method also includes receiving, by a first of the plurality of Diameter message processors and from a first Diameter node, a Diameter message, wherein the Diameter message is received via a first Diameter connection. The method further includes determining, by the first Diameter message processor, a next-hop Diameter node for the Diameter message. The method further includes communicating, by the first of the plurality of Diameter message processors and to a second of the plurality of Diameter message processors, the Diameter message. The method further includes communicating, by the second Diameter message processor and to the next-hop Diameter node, the Diameter message, wherein the Diameter message is communicated via a second Diameter connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Tekelec, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Craig, Mark Edward Kanode, Kedar Kashinath Karmarkar, David Michael Sprague, Mahesh Tomar, Donald Eugene Wallace
  • Publication number: 20140074975
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for answer-based routing of Diameter request messages are disclosed. According to one method, a Diameter request message is received from a first Diameter node at a. A copy of at least a portion of the Diameter request message is cached at the DSR and the Diameter request message is routed to a second Diameter node. The DSR determines whether a predetermined condition associated with an answer to the first Diameter request message exists. In response to determining that the predetermined condition exists, the cached portion of the Diameter request message is retrieved, a Diameter request that includes the cached portion of the Diameter request message is generated, and the generated Diameter request message is routed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Tekelec, Inc.Morrisville
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Craig, Mark Edward Kanode, Thomas Matthew McCann, David Michael Sprague, Donald Eugene Wallace, Peter Joseph Marsico
  • Publication number: 20130346549
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for routing Diameter messages. The method includes steps occurring at a Diameter signaling router (DSR) comprising a plurality of Diameter message processors. The method also includes receiving, by a first of the plurality of Diameter message processors and from a first Diameter node, a Diameter message, wherein the Diameter message is received via a first Diameter connection. The method further includes determining, by the first Diameter message processor, a next-hop Diameter node for the Diameter message. The method further includes communicating, by the first of the plurality of Diameter message processors and to a second of the plurality of Diameter message processors, the Diameter message. The method further includes communicating, by the second Diameter message processor and to the next-hop Diameter node, the Diameter message, wherein the Diameter message is communicated via a second Diameter connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Craig, Mark Edward Kanode, Kedar Kashinath Karmarkar, David Michael Sprague, Mahesh Tomar, Donald Eugene Wallace
  • Publication number: 20130329740
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for routing Diameter messages. The method includes steps occurring at a Diameter signaling router (DSR) comprising a plurality of Diameter message processors. The method includes receiving a Diameter request message. The method further includes generating a hop-by-hop identifier for identifying a first Diameter message processor of the plurality of Diameter message processors. The method further includes incorporating the hop-by-hop identifier into the Diameter request message. The method further includes routing the Diameter request message to a first Diameter node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Donald Eugene Wallace, David Michael Sprague, Jonathan James Palmer, Thomas Michael Wagner, Jeffrey Alan Craig
  • Publication number: 20130198032
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for provided embedded transaction modules are disclosed. One disclosed method comprises receiving a user input in an embedded transaction module displayed on a first webpage, wherein the user input is associated with a transaction and the embedded transaction module is not affiliated with the first webpage, and completing the transaction within the first webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Market America, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Wallace, Ashfaq Rahman