Patents by Inventor Joseph Roy Cote

Joseph Roy Cote 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).

  • Method and apparatus for marking and scheduling packets for transmission
    Patent number: 8031721
    Abstract: A method and system for profile-marking and scheduling of packets are disclosed. Using a dual-rate scheduler, the profile state of a packet being scheduled for transmission by a flow traffic descriptor is determined based on the traffic rate of the flow traffic descriptor, which is associated with the queue that the packet belongs to. The profile state of the packet is marked prior to the transmission of the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Joseph Roy Cote, Nirmesh Patel
  • System and method of fault tolerant reconciliation for control card redundancy
    Patent number: 7730029
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for redundant control plane error handling allowing the inactive control plane to continue to act as a redundant failsafe when the inactive control plane database is in a compromised state which is below a certain predetermined level of maximum tolerable magnitude of error. Only if the inactive control plane database is in a state in which the errors associated therewith are intolerable, is a hard reset performed, or the reconciliation between the active and inactive control planes deemed to have failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Andrew Molotchko, Dave Graham, Joseph Roy Cote
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKING AND SCHEDULING PACKETS FOR TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20090201942
    Abstract: A method and system for profile-marking and scheduling of packets are disclosed. Using a dual-rate scheduler, the profile state of a packet being scheduled for transmission by a flow traffic descriptor is determined based on the traffic rate of the flow traffic descriptor, which is associated with the queue that the packet belongs to. The profile state of the packet is marked prior to the transmission of the packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph Roy Cote, Nirmesh Patel
  • System and method of fault tolerant reconciliation for control card redundancy
    Publication number: 20080082630
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for redundant control plane error handling allowing the inactive control plane to continue to act as a redundant failsafe when the inactive control plane database is in a compromised state which is below a certain predetermined level of maximum tolerable magnitude of error. Only if the inactive control plane database is in a state in which the errors associated therewith are intolerable, is a hard reset performed, or the reconciliation between the active and inactive control planes deemed to have failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Molotchko, Dave Graham, Joseph Roy Cote