Patents by Inventor Frederic Nicholson

Frederic Nicholson 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).

  • Gateway for connecting telecommunications networks and a corresponding method
    Patent number: 7110509
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gateway for connecting telecommunications networks, and to an associated method, in which a user channel data converter is connected via at least one additional user channel data interface to a switching center, and a signaling channel data converter is inserted between an already existing user/signaling channel data interface such that signaling information (SD(cic4)) which is transmitted on this data interface is filtered out for the additional user channel data interface. This results in a connection for a packet-switching telecommunications network without any major intervention in the network structure of a line-switching telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Kreten, Frederic Nicholson
  • Gateway for connecting telecommunications networks and a corresponding method
    Publication number: 20020181690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gateway for connecting telecommunications networks, and to an associated method, in which a user channel data converter (50) is connected via at least one additional user channel data interface (k[cic4]) to a switching center (3), and a signaling channel data converter (51) is inserted between an already existing user/signaling channel data interface (k[cic3]) such that signaling information (SD(cic4)) which is transmitted on this data interface is filtered out for the additional user channel data interface (k[cic4]). This results in a connection for a packet-switching telecommunications network (2) without any major intervention in the network structure of a line-switching telecommunications network (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Kreten, Frederic Nicholson