Patents by Inventor Ewert Tempest

Ewert Tempest 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).

  • Connection creation/termination using parallel cross-connection download/undownload processes
    Patent number: 7304947
    Abstract: A method of creating/terminating a connection associated with an end-to-end path defined through a communications network. According to the invention, cross-connection download/undownload processes in each intermediate node of the end-to-end path are triggered substantially in parallel. A confirmation message indicative of successful completion of respective download/undownload processes in each intermediate node is subsequently propagated to an end-node of the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Darek Skalecki, Chris Wallace, Evert Deboer, Jean Pierre Coupal, Sandra Ballarte, Ewert Tempest, Ahmed Areef Reza