Patents by Inventor Gary M. Willoughby

Gary M. Willoughby 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: 8190777
    Abstract: An integrated system concurrently connects voice and data communications devices used by small and medium sized businesses to a network T1 data line terminating at the customer premises. A system chassis includes multiple slots and backplane connectors for removably receiving a bank controller unit (BCU), power service unit (PSU), and one or more different types of smart and dumb voice and data access modules that provide the functional interface to the customer premises equipment. The BCU controls the operation of the system, which can be configured by the customer through an external terminal interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Toth, Gary M. Willoughby, W. Stuart Venters
  • Publication number: 20080305761
    Abstract: An integrated system concurrently connects voice and data communications devices used by small and medium sized businesses to a network T1 data line terminating at the customer premises. A system chassis includes multiple slots and backplane connectors for removably receiving a bank controller unit (BCU), power service unit (PSU), and one or more different types of smart and dumb voice and data access modules that provide the functional interface to the customer premises equipment. The BCU controls the operation of the system, which can be configured by the customer through an external terminal interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Robert James Toth, Gary M. Willoughby, W. Stuart Venters
  • Publication number: 20080188197
    Abstract: An integrated system concurrently connects voice and data communications devices used by small and medium sized businesses to a network T1 data line terminating at the customer premises. A system chassis includes multiple slots and backplane connectors for removably receiving a bank controller unit (BCU), power service unit (PSU), and one or more different types of smart and dumb voice and data access modules that provide the functional interface to the customer premises equipment. The BCU controls the operation of the system, which can be configured by the customer through an external terminal interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Robert James Toth, Gary M. Willoughby, W. Stuart Venters
  • Patent number: 7185115
    Abstract: An integrated system concurrently connects voice and data communications devices used by small and medium sized businesses to a network T1 data line terminating at the customer premises. A system chassis includes multiple slots and backplane connectors for removably receiving a bank controller unit (BCU), power service unit (PSU), and one or more different types of smart and dumb voice and data access modules that provide the functional interface to the customer premises equipment. The BCU controls the operation of the system, which can be configured by the customer through an external terminal interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Toth, Gary M. Willoughby, W. Stuart Venters
  • Patent number: 7031346
    Abstract: Relatively low cost asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) service and auxiliary POTS service are delivered over extended distances (e.g., at least 20–25 kft), by a hybrid ADSL-SDSL architecture insertable between central office and remote sites of an ADSL system. Central office and remote site transceivers employ trellis coded pulse amplitude modulation and a data rate that conforms with the signal transport capability of an extended distance symmetric DSL (SDSL) loop, while providing a 64K POTS channel. The central office and remote site transceivers controllably insert idle asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells in upstream and downstream ADSL channels to compensate for timing differences with ADSL equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Schneider, Thomas L. Ballard, III, John B. Wilkes, Jr., Philip David Williams, Gary M. Willoughby, Mark Jeffries Ogden, Michael Scott Sansom, W. Stuart Venters
  • Publication number: 20030016694
    Abstract: Relatively low cost asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) service and auxiliary POTS service are delivered over extended distances (e.g., at least 20-25 kft), by a hybrid ADSL-SDSL architecture insertable between central office and remote sites of an ADSL system. Central office and remote site transceivers employ trellis coded pulse amplitude modulation and a data rate that conforms with the signal transport capability of an extended distance symmetric DSL (SDSL) loop, while providing a 64K POTS channel. The central office and remote site transceivers controllably insert idle asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells in upstream and downstream ADSL channels to compensate for timing differences with ADSL equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: ADTRAN, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Schneider, Thomas L. Ballard, John B. Wilkes, Philip David Williams, Gary M. Willoughby, Mark Jeffries Ogden, Michael Scott Sansom, W. Stuart Venters
  • Publication number: 20020072345
    Abstract: An integrated system concurrently connects voice and data communications devices used by small and medium sized businesses to a network T1 data line terminating at the customer premises. A system chassis includes multiple slots and backplane connectors for removably receiving a bank controller unit (BCU), power service unit (PSU), and one or more different types of smart and dumb voice and data access modules that provide the functional interface to the customer premises equipment. The BCU controls the operation of the system, which can be configured by the customer through an external terminal interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Robert James Toth, Gary M. Willoughby, W. Stuart Venters
  • Patent number: 5598413
    Abstract: To extend the transmission distance for basic rate integrated services digital network (ISDN) communications between a first site and a second site, the basic rate ISDN channel is demultiplexed onto a pair of half-rate digital subscriber loop channels, which employ an out of band maintenance channel to convey differential delay compensation information, but without modifying the framing structure of the transported channels, or requiring additional bandwidth for a separate framing channel. Halving the data rate, to increase the distance over which the basic rate ISDN channel may be transported, operates as a trade-off against loop loss, while still complying with ANSI standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Sansom, Lonnie S. McMillian, Roger W. Cain, Robert J. Toth, Gary M. Willoughby