Patents by Inventor Marshall D. Wiley

Marshall D. Wiley 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).

  • Traffic allocation
    Patent number: 8363552
    Abstract: A method may include storing rules associated with processing calls. Each of the rules may include a maximum number of calls per unit of time. The method may also include determining whether the maximum number of calls per unit of time associated with a first one of the rules is greater than a threshold. The method may further include allocating by a first node, when the maximum number of calls per unit of time is greater than the threshold, a number of calls per unit of time to the first node based on the number of calls satisfying the first rule that were received by the first node and a total number of calls satisfying the first rule that were received by all of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall D. Wiley
  • Traffic Allocation
    Publication number: 20100149987
    Abstract: A method may include storing rules associated with processing calls. Each of the rules may include a maximum number of calls per unit of time. The method may also include determining whether the maximum number of calls per unit of time associated with a first one of the rules is greater than a threshold. The method may further include allocating by a first node, when the maximum number of calls per unit of time is greater than the threshold, a number of calls per unit of time to the first node based on the number of calls satisfying the first rule that were received by the first node and a total number of calls satisfying the first rule that were received by all of the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES INC.
    Inventor: Marshall D. Wiley