Patents by Inventor Reinette Grobler

Reinette Grobler 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).

  • Scheduling of calls with known holding times
    Patent number: 7051106
    Abstract: A method of automatically queuing calls for later transmission in connection-oriented networks instead of blocking them when network resources are unavailable at the time the request is received, as currently done. A simple call queuing method holds up call setup messages at each switch along an end-to-end path of a network until resources become available. This simple, known queuing method suffers from poor network utilization and long call queuing delays. However, if calls that can be queued have known holding times, a call scheduling method that results in reduced call queuing delays and improved network utilization according to the present invention can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Reinette Grobler, David Michael Rouse, Malathi Veeraraghavan
  • Scheduling of calls with known holding times
    Publication number: 20020042827
    Abstract: A method of automatically queuing calls for later transmission in connection-oriented networks instead of blocking them when network resources are unavailable at the time the request is received, as currently done. A simple call queuing method holds up call setup messages at each switch along an end-to-end path of a network until resources become available. This simple, known queuing method suffers from poor network utilization and long call queuing delays. However, if calls that can be queued have known holding times, a call scheduling method that results in reduced call queuing delays and improved network utilization according to the present invention can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Reinette Grobler, David Michael Rouse, Malathi Veeraraghavan