Patents by Inventor Jacques A. Roth

Jacques A. Roth 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: 6298057
    Abstract: A system and method for transparently transmitting aural signals across a wide area network (WAN). The system of present invention is connected to one or more of a private branch exchange, a key telephone system, a telephone, a facsimile machine, and a modem, for example. In the case of voice transmission, a user places a telephone call using the same procedure that is used when placing a telephone call over a conventional public switched network. The aural signals are translated into a format that is compatible with the local area network (LAN) and the translated signals are transmitted to a router or a switch that connects the LAN to the WAN. The data is transmitted across the WAN to a router or switch coupled to a second LAN. The data is then sent to a destination central site unit or PC which translates the signal into a format that is compatible with the telephone system connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Guy, Jaswant R. Jain, Ishwar V. Jasuja, Michael W. Johnson, Albert Juandy, Simon S. Lam, Anthony Y. Lee, David Misunas, Jacques A. Roth
  • Patent number: 5940479
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting aural signals across a wide area network (WAN) from a local phone coupled to a computer, e.g., a PC-phone, to a remote phone coupled to a KTS, PBX, or PSTN, for example. This capability is provided by the gateway unit of the present invention. The system of the present invention is quickly installed in a server or a personal computer coupled to a local area network. The system is connected to one or more of a PSTN, a private branch exchange, a key telephone system, a telephone, a facsimile machine, and a modem. In the case of voice transmission, a gateway unit translates received telephony signal into a format that is compatible with the telephone system or equipment connected thereto. The present invention can provide a voice quality that approaches, equals, or exceeds the voice quality of conventional telephone switched networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Guy, Jaswant R. Jain, Ishwar V. Jasuja, Michael W. Johnson, Albert Juandy, Simon S. Lam, Anthony Y. Lee, David Misunas, Jacques A. Roth
  • Patent number: 5038345
    Abstract: A traffic analyzer (16) for a local area network (10) having multiple stations (14) that exchange message packets (24) receives selected ones of the message packets (24). The analyzer (16) stores a message packet table (TABLE(0)-TABLE(6)) and generates a table pointer (P) as a function of both the source address (S) and the destination address (D) of each received packet (24). A record (S,D,N) of each received packet (24) is stored in the table entry (TABLE(P)) associated with the table pointer value (P) for the respective received packet (24), where N is equal to the number of received packets having the source address S and the destination address D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Jacques A. Roth
  • Patent number: 4916694
    Abstract: A local area network timing analyzer responds to a signal on a local area network to generate a carrier detect signal which is indicative of the presence or absence of signaling activity on the local area network. The carrier detect signal alternates between two logic states indicative of packets and gaps between packets. The timing analyzer stores an array of timing entries, and individual ones of these timing entries are indicative of the time duration of individual gaps and packets. These timing entries are sorted and otherwise used to display timing information for the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Jacques A. Roth