Patents by Inventor Mark D. Browning

Mark D. Browning 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).

  • Switching module for a telecommunications switching platform
    Patent number: H1801
    Abstract: A switching module capable of sending heartbeat messages and identifying other elements within a telecommunications switching platform as operational over one bus or both buses of a redundant-pair control bus. The module also has a reprogrammable, nonvolatile memory associated with it from which it can run its operating system. The module can also transfer the operating system into another memory, allowing the module to make updates to the operating system stored in the nonvolatile memory without interrupting its execution of its run-time operating code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: DSC/Celcore, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Browning, James M. Davis, Cecil W. Johnson, Jr., Scott Arthur Kooy, H. John Lohn, III, R. Timothy Wallace
  • Span interface module for a telecommunications switching platform
    Patent number: H1804
    Abstract: An interface module capable of responding to heartbeat messages and identifying itself as operational over one bus or both buses of a redundant-pair control bus. The module also has a reprogrammable, nonvolatile memory associated with it from which the module can run its operating code. The module can also transfer the operating code into another memory, allowing it to make updates to the operating code stored in the nonvolatile memory without interrupting its execution of its run-time operating code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventors: Mark D. Browning, Cecil W. Johnson, Jr., Scott A. Kooy, H. John Lohn, III, R. Timothy Wallace