Patents by Inventor Richard Loveland

Richard Loveland 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).

  • Method and architecture for providing telephony between data networks and PSTN
    Publication number: 20040228333
    Abstract: A method consistent with the present invention enables communicating telephonic data regarding a call over a data network. The method includes the steps of receiving data units from a first data network over redundant communication paths. Next, it is determined whether the received data units have an error. One of the received date units is then selected from one of the redundant communication paths determined not to have an error and the selected data unit is forwarded to a second data network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Mark G. Schnell, Andrew L. Aczel, Richard Loveland
  • Method and architecture for providing telephony between data networks and PSTN
    Patent number: 6735168
    Abstract: A method consistent with the present invention enables communicating telephonic data regarding a call over a data network. The method includes the steps of receiving data units from a first data network over redundant communication paths. Next, it is determined whether the received data units have an error. One of the received date units is then selected from one of the redundant communication paths determined not to have an error, and the selected data unit is forwarded to a second data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Mark G. Schnell, Andrew L. Aczel, Richard Loveland