Patents by Inventor Kurt D. Wagner

Kurt D. Wagner 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).

  • Apparatus and method for detecting focused overload
    Patent number: 6266402
    Abstract: The invention comprises an apparatus for detecting focused overload in a telecommunications network. The apparatus comprises a plurality of originating switching points each coupled to a plurality of originating devices. The apparatus further comprises a destination switching point coupled to a destination device. The apparatus further comprises a transfer point coupled to the plurality of originating switching points and the destination switching point, each of the plurality of originating devices initiating communication through one of the plurality of originating switching points to the destination device utilizing the transfer point, the transfer point detecting focused overload at the destination switching point by detecting a predetermined threshold of initiated communications traffic communicated from the plurality of originating devices to the destination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Ferguson, Kurt D. Wagner, Maureen R. O'Toole, Mohammed Z. Ali