Patents by Inventor John Scott Gilmore

John Scott Gilmore 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: 10412772
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for using access point name (APN) independent subscriber bindings. In some examples, a method is performed by a Diameter signaling router (DSR) for a telecommunications network. The method includes receiving, from a policy related node, a policy related message including a subscriber identifier associated with a subscriber; determining that the policy related message lacks APN information; after determining that the policy related message lacks APN information, using the subscriber identifier and preconfigured APN information to generate or identify a binding between the subscriber and a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server of a pool of PCRF servers, or using the subscriber identifier to identify a first bound policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server of a pool of PCRF servers; and sending, to the identified PCRF server, the policy related message received from the policy related node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Mukherjee, John Scott Gilmore
  • Publication number: 20190053291
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for using access point name (APN) independent subscriber bindings. In some examples, a method is performed by a Diameter signaling router (DSR) for a telecommunications network. The method includes receiving, from a policy related node, a policy related message including a subscriber identifier associated with a subscriber; determining that the policy related message lacks APN information; after determining that the policy related message lacks APN information, using the subscriber identifier and preconfigured APN information to generate or identify a binding between the subscriber and a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server of a pool of PCRF servers, or using the subscriber identifier to identify a first bound policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server of a pool of PCRF servers; and sending, to the identified PCRF server, the policy related message received from the policy related node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Abhishek Mukherjee, John Scott Gilmore
  • Patent number: 10148766
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for reconfiguring a session binding repository (SBR) database for a data communications network. In one example, a method includes, before reconfiguring the SBR database, selecting a first plurality of SBR servers for storage of a first plurality of SBR records using a first assignment algorithm. While reconfiguring the SBR database, the method includes selecting a second plurality of SBR servers for storage of a second plurality of SBR records using a second assignment algorithm and searching for a first plurality of stored records in the SBR database based on both the first and second assignment algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Scott Gilmore
  • Patent number: 10102087
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing suspect subscriber bindings. In some examples, a method is performed by a Diameter signaling router (DSR) for a telecommunications network. The method includes binding a subscriber to a first policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server selected from a plurality of PCRF servers for the telecommunications network. The method includes determining that one or more messages destined to the first PCRF server have failed according to one or more user-configurable rules defining failure. The method includes tearing down the binding between the subscriber and the first PCRF server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Dreyer, David Michael Sprague, John Scott Gilmore, Sridhar Karuturi
  • Publication number: 20170242765
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing suspect subscriber bindings. In some examples, a method is performed by a Diameter signaling router (DSR) for a telecommunications network. The method includes binding a subscriber to a first policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server selected from a plurality of PCRF servers for the telecommunications network. The method includes determining that one or more messages destined to the first PCRF server have failed according to one or more user-configurable rules defining failure. The method includes tearing down the binding between the subscriber and the first PCRF server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Dreyer, David Michael Sprague, John Scott Gilmore, Sridhar Karuturi
  • Publication number: 20170141959
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for reconfiguring a session binding repository (SBR) database for a data communications network. In one example, a method includes, before reconfiguring the SBR database, selecting a first plurality of SBR servers for storage of a first plurality of SBR records using a first assignment algorithm. While reconfiguring the SBR database, the method includes selecting a second plurality of SBR servers for storage of a second plurality of SBR records using a second assignment algorithm and searching for a first plurality of stored records in the SBR database based on both the first and second assignment algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: John Scott Gilmore