Patents by Inventor Mike Berger

Mike Berger 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).

  • Priority forwarding in a communication system
    Patent number: 6987777
    Abstract: In a technique for priority forwarding, an upper layer protocol that requires priority forwarding includes a priority function that is invoked by a lower layer protocol in order to obtain the priority for a message. The upper layer protocol provides the priority function to the lower layer protocol when the upper layer protocol is installed in the protocol stack. The lower layer protocol invokes the priority function before passing a message to the upper layer protocol in order to determine a priority for the message. The lower layer protocol places the message in the appropriate queue based upon the priority indicator obtained from the upper layer protocol's priority function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Ltd
    Inventors: Bradley Cain, Larry DiBurro, William A. Miller, Mike Berger, Robert Lee