Patents by Inventor Richard Stephen Borrett

Richard Stephen Borrett 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).

  • Manipulation of trail routes resulting from changes in network topology or operational need
    Patent number: 6477568
    Abstract: A network management system in a communications network comprises a managed object base having a plurality of managed objects describing individual resources of the network; a detection means for detecting changes for configuration of the network; a route finding means for generating data describing a set of routes of trails across said network, and a trail manipulation means for implementing changes to trails across the network. The trail manipulation means operates in four basic modes of operation, including a stretch operation in which a new node is inserted between first and second existing nodes and an existing trail between the first and second existing node is rerouted by the new node by creation of a pair of new links; Firstly, a stretch operation in which a new node is inserted between first and second existing nodes and an existing trail between the first and second existing node is re-routed via the new node by creation of a pair of new links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Richard Stephen Borrett, Mark Uniacke
  • MANIPULATION OF TRAIL ROUTES RESULTING FROM CHANGES IN NETWORK TOPOLOGY OR OPERATIONAL NEED
    Publication number: 20020019862
    Abstract: A network management system in a communications network comprises a managed object base having a plurality of managed objects describing individual resources of the network; a detection means for detecting changes for configuration of the network; a route finding means for generating data describing a set of routes of trails across said network, and a trail manipulation means for implementing changes to trails across the network. The trail manipulation means operates in four basic modes of operation, including a stretch operation in which a new node is inserted between first and second existing nodes and an existing trail between the first and second existing node is rerouted by the new node by creation of a pair of new links; Firstly, a stretch operation in which a new node is inserted between first and second existing nodes and an existing trail between the first and second existing node is re-routed via the new node by creation of a pair of new links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: RICHARD STEPHEN BORRETT, MARK UNIACKE