Patents by Inventor Robert C. Licht

Robert C. Licht 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).

  • Frame relay network featuring frame relay nodes with controlled oversubscribed bandwidth trunks
    Patent number: 6628616
    Abstract: A frame relay network has a network management system in combination with frame relay nodes. The network management system provides frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameter signals to the frame relay nodes. The network management system uses a graphical user software interface program for receiving frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameters from a network supervisor that are formatted into the frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameter signals. The frame relay nodes respond to the frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameter signals, and at least one frame relay node provides a frame relay oversubscription connection control signal containing connect level parameters to another frame relay node when relaying communication signals from one frame relay node to another frame relay node. In operation, the trunk line has multiple virtual connections communicating the frame relay oversubscribed data between the frame relay nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventor: Robert C. Licht
  • FRAME RELAY NETWORK FEATURING FRAME RELAY NODES WITH CONTROLLED OVERSUBSCRIBED BANDWIDTH TRUNKS
    Publication number: 20020181397
    Abstract: A frame relay network has a network management system in combination with frame relay nodes. The network management system provides frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameter signals to the frame relay nodes. The network management system uses a graphical user software interface program for receiving frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameters from a network supervisor that are formatted into the frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameter signals. The frame relay nodes respond to the frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameter signals, for providing an frame relay oversubscription connection control signal from one frame relay node to another frame relay node depending on the frame relay oversubscription trunk and connection parameter signals. In operation, the trunk line has multiple virtual connections communicating the frame relay oversubscribed data between the frame relay nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: ROBERT C. LICHT