Patents by Inventor Kelvin R. Porteer

Kelvin R. Porteer 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 managing local resources at service nodes in an intelligent network
    Publication number: 20020083166
    Abstract: A resource management system for an intelligent communications network having one or more distributed service nodes, each service node for providing services relating to an event received at a network resource associated with a service node. The system comprising a first processing tier comprising one or more local execution environments located at a node, each execution environment including a mechanism for instantiating one or more service objects capable of performing event services at a first local execution environment, and, for generating status information relating to executing service objects; and, a second processing tier associated with a service node and including a system processor for tracking status and availability of service objects and local execution environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: WorldCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Dugan, Allen Holmes, Kelvin R. Porteer, Terence A. Robb