Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Finn

Joseph M. Finn 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).

  • High performance gigabit passive optical network
    Patent number: 7885543
    Abstract: A device determines a bandwidth demand for traffic provided between a line terminal (LT) and multiple optical network terminals (ONTs), and dynamically tunes, based on the determined bandwidth demand, one or more tunable filters provided in the LT and the multiple ONTs to one of balance the traffic, protect the traffic, or increase available bandwidth for the traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: David Z. Chen, Joseph M. Finn, Steven Gringeri
  • HIGH PERFORMANCE GIGABIT PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20090067838
    Abstract: A device determines a bandwidth demand for traffic provided between a line terminal (LT) and multiple optical network terminals (ONTs), and dynamically tunes, based on the determined bandwidth demand, one or more tunable filters provided in the LT and the multiple ONTs to one of balance the traffic, protect the traffic, or increase available bandwidth for the traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicants: Verizon Services Corp., Verizon Services Organization Inc.
    Inventors: David Z. Chen, Joseph M. Finn, Steven Gringeri