Patents by Inventor Niall O'Connell
Niall O'Connell 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).
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Patent number: 10630779Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: OPENET TELECOM LTD.Inventors: Peter Haraszti, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'Connell
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Patent number: 10523545Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: OPENET TELECOM LTD.Inventors: Peter Haraszti, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'Connell
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Publication number: 20190020722Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Peter HARASZTI, David DAVOREN, Brian J. FORDE, Ross ANDREUCETTI, Tony DOOLIN, Niall O'CONNELL
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Publication number: 20180316589Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Peter HARASZTI, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'connell
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Patent number: 10097642Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: OPENET TELECOM LTD.Inventors: Peter Haraszti, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'Connell
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Patent number: 10063443Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: OPENET TELECOM LTD.Inventors: Peter Haraszti, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'Connell
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Publication number: 20160191631Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Peter Haraszti, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'Connell
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Publication number: 20160191363Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Peter Haraszti, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'Connell
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Patent number: 8462268Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a clock and timing generation scheme for a video signal processor (e.g., a scaler), which enables fast switching between different input video standards without disturbing the output clock or timing. The scheme also may minimize the number of video frames that are dropped or repeated at the output. This may be achieved by locking the video's output timing to the input timing and also by utilizing a frame buffer to remove instantaneous discontinuities caused when an input is changed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.Inventors: Seamus Ryan, Weijun Xu, Tianjiang Li, Wei Che, Niall O'Connell
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Publication number: 20120147267Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a clock and timing generation scheme for a video signal processor (e.g., a scaler), which enables fast switching between different input video standards without disturbing the output clock or timing. The scheme also may minimize the number of video frames that are dropped or repeated at the output. This may be achieved by locking the video's output timing to the input timing and also by utilizing a frame buffer to remove instantaneous discontinuities caused when an input is changed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: ANALOG DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Seamus RYAN, Weijun XU, Tianjiang LI, Wei CHE, Niall O'CONNELL
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Publication number: 20050174487Abstract: A method for deriving a synchronisation signal (35) from a video signal comprises tracking the blanking level (107) of the video signal with first and second slice level signals (26,27) and tracking the sync tip level (110) of the horizontal sync signal (109) of the video signal with third and fourth slice level signals (28,29) for determining the blanking level (107) and the sync tip level (110). A value for an intermediate slice level signal (30) is computed from the first, second, third and fourth slice level signals (26,27,28,29) so that the value of the intermediate slice level signal (30) lies approximately halfway between the blanking level (107) and the sync tip level (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2004Publication date: August 11, 2005Inventor: Niall O'Connell