Patents by Inventor Jonathan William Heath

Jonathan William Heath 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).

  • Integrated router/switch-based mechanism for mapping COS value to QOS value for optimization of LAN-to-WAN traffic flow
    Patent number: 7672319
    Abstract: An integrated processor-controlled router and switch fabric architecture provides connectivity between local area network (LAN) ports of an Ethernet switch serving a plurality of local area network users and a wide area network (WAN) interface that provides connectivity with the internet. Packets received from user ports of the Ethernet switch contain priority-representative information. Packets delivered by the processor-controlled router to the WAN interface are prioritized in accordance with the priority-representative information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan William Heath, Timothy James Schlichter, Roberto Corzo Puon, Amy Joan Puon, legal representative