Patents by Inventor Robert L. Bortolotto

Robert L. Bortolotto 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 apparatus for automatically provisioning data circuits
    Patent number: 7487257
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for automatically provisioning data stitching circuits within a network element (NE). Data circuits are defined as the interface cards within NE that are receiving a particular data stream. Data stitching circuits are defined as data circuits that are provided with a destination point and a next destination point for each interface card. The NE creates a data-stitching matrix that identifies a path (i.e., destination and next destination) for the data stream to follow. The matrix is used by a cross-connect to reroute the data stream around one or more inoperable interface cards. When interface cards within the NE request to be provisioned into or out of a data stitching circuit the NE automatically updates the data-stitching matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Bortolotto, Carmel Chi Him Lau, Michael F. Davis, Xiao Pin Nie, David A. Hillard, Steven H. Goody, Daniel Scott Terhune
  • Method and apparatus for rerouting telecommunications signals
    Patent number: 7035204
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for rerouting high-speed telecommunications signals within a network element (NE). Data circuits are defined as the interface cards within the NE that receive a particular data stream. In the event that one or more of the interface cards associated with a particular data circuit is removed, the NE can reroute the data stream so that the data circuit is maintained. The rerouting is accomplished by creating a stitching table, which defines the previous stitch and next stitch for each port on a cross-connect unit. Thus, when one stitch is lost, the table enables the apparatus to reroute the data stream around the lost stitch. That is, the data circuit is stitched together when one or more elements of the data circuit are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Cicso Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Bortolotto, Steven H. Goody, David A. Hillard, Carmel Chi Him Lau, Daniel Scott Terhune, Michael F. Davis, Xiao Pin Nie
  • Method and apparatus for automatically provisioning data circuits
    Patent number: 6738825
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for automatically provisioning data stitching circuits within a network element (NE). Data circuits are defined as the interface cards within NE that are receiving a particular data stream. Data stitching circuits are defined as data circuits that are provided with a destination point and a next destination point for each interface card. The NE creates a data-stitching matrix that identifies a path (i.e., destination and next destination) for the data stream to follow. The matrix is used by a cross-connect to reroute the data stream around one or more inoperable interface cards. When interface cards within the NE request to be provisioned into or out of a data stitching circuit the NE automatically updates the data-stitching matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc
    Inventors: Robert L. Bortolotto, Carmel Chi Him Lau, Michael F. Davis, Xiao Pin Nie, David A. Hillard, Steven H. Goody, Daniel Scott Terhune