Patents by Inventor Omar C. Baldonado

Omar C. Baldonado 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).

  • Patent number: 8051481
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of and systems for adaptive networking that monitors a network resource of a network. The method monitors an application performance. The method categorizes a first subset of traffic of the network. The categories for the first subset include trusted, known to be bad, and suspect. The method determines an action for a second subset of traffic based on the category for the first subset of traffic. Some embodiments provide a system for adaptive networking that includes a first device and traffic that has a first subset and a second subset. The system also includes a first resource and a second resource for the transmission of the traffic. The first device receives the traffic and categorizes the traffic into the first and second subsets. The first device assigns the first subset to the first resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Omar C. Baldonado, Sean P. Finn, Pierre Fraval, Mansour J. Karam, Michael A. Lloyd, James G. McGuire
  • Patent number: 8023421
    Abstract: A system for the assessment of network performance criteria, and applying this criteria to the classification of network addresses into appropriate ranges, using these ranges to consolidate performance measurements for the associated addresses, and applying these metrics toward the optimization of the network towards performance or policy objectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Omar C. Baldonado, Sean P. Finn, Mansour J. Karam, James G. McGuire, Herbert S. Madan
  • Publication number: 20100325272
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of and systems for adaptive networking that monitors a network resource of a network. The method monitors an application performance. The method categorizes a first subset of traffic of the network. The categories for the first subset include trusted, known to be bad, and suspect. The method determines an action for a second subset of traffic based on the category for the first subset of traffic. Some embodiments provide a system for adaptive networking that includes a first device and traffic that has a first subset and a second subset. The system also includes a first resource and a second resource for the transmission of the traffic. The first device receives the traffic and categorizes the traffic into the first and second subsets. The first device assigns the first subset to the first resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: AVAYA INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Mansour J. Karam, Pierre Fraval, Sean P. Finn, James G. McGuire, Omar C. Baldonado
  • Patent number: 7818805
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of and systems for adaptive networking that monitors a network resource of a network. The method monitors an application performance. The method categorizes a first subset of traffic of the network. The categories for the first subset include trusted, known to be bad, and suspect. The method determines an action for a second subset of traffic based on the category for the first subset of traffic. Some embodiments provide a system for adaptive networking that includes a first device and traffic that has a first subset and a second subset. The system also includes a first resource and a second resource for the transmission of the traffic. The first device receives the traffic and categorizes the traffic into the first and second subsets. The first device assigns the first subset to the first resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Mansour J. Karam, Pierre Fraval, Sean P. Finn, James G. McGuire, Omar C. Baldonado
  • Patent number: 7773536
    Abstract: A system for the assessment of network performance criteria, and applying this criteria to the classification of network addresses into appropriate ranges, using these ranges to consolidate performance measurements for the associated addresses, and applying these metrics toward the optimization of the network towards performance or policy objectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Omar C. Baldonado, Sean P. Finn, Mansour J. Karam, James G. McGuire, Herbert S. Madan
  • Patent number: 7756032
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to using measurement packets to compute network performance. Embodiments that send, receive and both send and receive measurement packets are described. Some embodiments are described that compute statistics based at least partly on measurement traffic. Some embodiments are described that communicate computed statistics within measurement traffic. Some embodiments are described that rank and select paths based at least partly on computed statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne A. Feick, Sean P. Finn, Mansour J. Karam, Michael A. Lloyd, Herbert S. Madan, James G. McGuire, Jose-Miguel Pulido, Omar C. Baldonado
  • Patent number: 7720959
    Abstract: We describe multiple methods and apparatuses for characterizing the quality of a network path by means of metrics that at the same time are (1) additive and (2) characterize the performance of network applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Mansour J. Karam, Sean P. Finn, Omar C. Baldonado, Michael A. Lloyd, Herbert S. Madden, James G. McGuire
  • Patent number: 7596811
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of and systems for adaptive networking that monitors a network resource of a network. The method monitors an application performance. The method categorizes a first subset of traffic of the network. The categories for the first subset include trusted, known to be bad, and suspect. The method determines an action for a second subset of traffic based on the category for the first subset of traffic. Some embodiments provide a system for adaptive networking that includes a first device and traffic that has a first subset and a second subset. The system also includes a first resource and a second resource for the transmission of the traffic. The first device receives the traffic and categorizes the traffic into the first and second subsets. The first device assigns the first subset to the first resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Mansour J. Karam, Pierre Fraval, Sean P. Finn, James G. McGuire, Omar C. Baldonado
  • Patent number: 7487237
    Abstract: Methods, computer code, and means are described that can control load in a network. In some applications, the monetary cost of operating the network can be reduced. Utilization of links in the network can be monitored. A degree of suboptimality with respect to some criteria can be assessed. In some instances, the criteria could be based at least partly one or more monetary billing structures of some subset of two or more links. A subset of the forwarding decisions of one or more forwarding nodes in the network can be adjusted automatically, based at least partly on the assessing. The adjustment can attempt to reduce the degree of suboptimality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Mansour J. Karam, Jose-Miguel Puildo Villaverde, Sean P. Finn, Omar C. Baldonado, James G. McGuire, Herbert S. Madan
  • Publication number: 20090031420
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of and systems for adaptive networking that monitors a network resource of a network. The method monitors an application performance. The method categorizes a first subset of traffic of the network. The categories for the first subset include trusted, known to be bad, and suspect. The method determines an action for a second subset of traffic based on the category for the first subset of traffic. Some embodiments provide a system for adaptive networking that includes a first device and traffic that has a first subset and a second subset. The system also includes a first resource and a second resource for the transmission of the traffic. The first device receives the traffic and categorizes the traffic into the first and second subsets. The first device assigns the first subset to the first resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Mansour J. Karam, Pierre Fraval, Sean P. Finn, James G. McGuire, Omar C. Baldonado
  • Publication number: 20090031025
    Abstract: Methods, computer code, and means are described that can control load in a network. In some applications, the monetary cost of operating the network can be reduced. Utilization of links in the network can be monitored. A degree of suboptimality with respect to some criteria can be assessed. In some instances, the criteria could be based at least partly one or more monetary billing structures of some subset of two or more links. A subset of the forwarding decisions of one or more forwarding nodes in the network can be adjusted automatically, based at least partly on the assessing. The adjustment can attempt to reduce the degree of suboptimality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Mansour J. Karam, Jose-Miguel Puildo Villaverde, Sean P. Finn, Omar C. Baldonado, James G. McGuire, Herbert S. Madan
  • Patent number: 7406539
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for supporting routing intelligence for evaluating routing paths based on performance measurements. The routing intelligence may include processes executed in a self-contained device. This device may control one or more edge routers, based on performance data from end users. In other embodiments, the routing intelligence device may be used solely to monitor one or more edge routers, producing reports but not effecting any changes to routing. Routing decisions may be injected to the edge routers via BGP updates. The devices may be stationed at the premises of a multihomed organization, such as an enterprise, ISP, government organization, university, or other organization supporting a sub-network coupled to an internetwork. In other embodiments, the routing intelligence comprises processes executed on a router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Omar C. Baldonado, Sean P. Finn, Mansour J. Karam, Michael A. Lloyd, Herbert S. Madan, James G. McGuire, Jose-Miguel Pulido Villaverde
  • Patent number: 7363367
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for obtaining delay, jitter, and loss statistics of a path between server and an end user coupled via an internetwork are described. The server may comprise a web server in communication with the end user via the Internet. Statistics are obtained by analyzing the details of a TCP connection underlying an HTML transaction. Robust measurements of jitter, delay, and loss are ensured by maximizing traffic between the web server and the surfer in order to generate a robust sample of TCP connections. Content may be updated with one or more html link(s). This existing content may reside on a highly trafficked portal, such as a web portal, and may be encoded in a markup language, such as Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). The Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) corresponding to the one or more links resolve to the server from which the statistics are to be measured. The actual content supplied by the server may be minimized, in order to preserve bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Sean P. Finn, Omar C. Baldonado, Mansour Karam, Faisal Siddiqi, Herbert S. Madan, James G. McGuire
  • Patent number: 7336613
    Abstract: A system for the assessment of network performance criteria, and applying this criteria to the classification of network addresses into appropriate ranges, using these ranges to consolidate performance measurements for the associated addresses, and applying these metrics toward the optimization of the network towards performance or policy objectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Omar C. Baldonado, Sean P. Finn, Mansour J. Karam, James G. McGuire, Herbert S. Madan
  • Patent number: 7080161
    Abstract: Network architectures and protocols to support enhancements to the decision making process of standard routing protocols are described. Embodiments allow decisions to be exchanged between networks, or autonomous systems, about which internetwork paths have been chosen for outbound traffic. Some embodiments of the invention allow information about the measured performance of internetwork paths to be exchanged between autonomous systems. Embodiments allow additional policy information to be communicated between networks, including but not limited to information about why local policy decisions have been made; requests of policies from remote networks; performance information about particular paths; and informational status. Such information may be exchanged dynamically between networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: John G. Leddy, Michael A. Lloyd, Sean P. Finn, James G. McGuire, Omar C. Baldonado, Herbert S. Madan
  • Publication number: 20040205098
    Abstract: Methods, computer code, and means are described that can control load in a network. In some applications, the monetary cost of operating the network can be reduced. Utilization of links in the network can be monitored. A degree of suboptimality with respect to some criteria can be assessed. In some instances, the criteria could be based at least partly one or more monetary billing structures of some subset of two or more links. A subset of the forwarding decisions of one or more forwarding nodes in the network can be adjusted automatically, based at least partly on the assessing. The adjustment can attempt to reduce the degree of suboptimality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Mansour J. Karam, Jose-Miguel Puildo Villaverde, Sean P. Finn, Omar C. Baldonado, James G. McGuire, Herbert S. Madan
  • Publication number: 20030161321
    Abstract: We describe multiple methods and apparatuses for characterizing the quality of a network path by means of metrics that at the same time are (1) additive and (2) characterize the performance of network applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Mansour J. Karam, Sean P. Finn, Omar C. Baldonado, Michael A. Lloyd, Herbert S. Madan, James G. McGuire
  • Publication number: 20030039212
    Abstract: A system for the assessment of network performance criteria, and applying this criteria to the classification of network addresses into appropriate ranges, using these ranges to consolidate performance measurements for the associated addresses, and applying these metrics toward the optimization of the network towards performance or policy objectives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Omar C. Baldonado, Sean P. Finn, Mansour J. Karam, James G. McGuire
  • Publication number: 20020184393
    Abstract: Network architectures and protocols to support enhancements to the decision making process of standard routing protocols are described. Embodiments allow decisions to be exchanged between networks, or autonomous systems, about which internetwork paths have been chosen for outbound traffic. Some embodiments of the invention allow information about the measured performance of internetwork paths to be exchanged between autonomous systems. Embodiments allow additional policy information to be communicated between networks, including but not limited to information about why local policy decisions have been made; requests of policies from remote networks; performance information about particular paths; and informational status. Such information may be exchanged dynamically between networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: John G. Leddy, Michael A. Lloyd, Sean P. Finn, James G. McGuire, Omar C. Baldonado, Herbert S. Madan
  • Publication number: 20020129161
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for obtaining delay, jitter, and loss statistics of a path between server and an end user coupled via an internetwork are described. The server may comprise a web server in communication with the end user via the Internet. Statistics are obtained by analyzing the details of a TCP connection underlying an HTML transaction. Robust measurements of jitter, delay, and loss are ensured by maximizing traffic between the web server and the surfer in order to generate a robust sample of TCP connections. Content may be updated with one or more html link(s). This existing content may reside on a highly trafficked portal, such as a web portal, and may be encoded in a markup language, such as Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). The Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) corresponding to the one or more links resolve to the server from which the statistics are to be measured. The actual content supplied by the server may be minimized, in order to preserve bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Michael A. Lloyd, Sean P. Finn, Omar C. Baldonado, Mansour Karam, Faisal Siddiqi, Herbert S. Madan, James G. McGuire