Patents by Inventor Lee Barfield Smith

Lee Barfield Smith 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).

  • Distributed signaling system 7 (SS7) message routing gateway
    Patent number: 6965592
    Abstract: A distributed gateway includes distributed gateway routing elements co-located with SS7 network elements. Each distributed gateway routing element performs an SS7 routing function, such an MTP level 3 routing function. The distributed gateway routing elements communicate with each other over a virtual bus that guarantees quality of service for SS7 message packets. Accordingly, the distributed gateway routing elements set quality of service parameters in the SS7 message packets that are forwarded over the virtual bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Tekelec
    Inventors: Robert John Tinsley, Peter Joseph Marsico, Lee Barfield Smith, Virgil Elmer Long, Gregory Allen Hunt
  • Distributed signaling system 7 (SS7) message routing gateway
    Publication number: 20020131400
    Abstract: A distributed gateway includes distributed gateway routing elements co-located with SS7 network elements. Each distributed gateway routing element performs an SS7 routing function, such an MTP level 3 routing function. The distributed gateway routing elements communicate with each other over a virtual bus that guarantees quality of service for SS7 message packets. Accordingly, the distributed gateway routing elements set quality of service parameters in the SS7 message packets that are forwarded over the virtual bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Robert John Tinsley, Peter Joseph Marsico, Lee Barfield Smith, Virgil Elmer Long, Gregory Allen Hunt