Patents by Inventor Rodney Bruner

Rodney Bruner 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).

  • SONET method and system having network service access point addressing
    Patent number: 7551635
    Abstract: A synchronous optical network (SONET) system having multi-hierarchal network service access point (NSAP) addressing includes electrically linked network elements (NEs) and first and second level routing areas which each include at least one NE. The NEs include devices having respective NSAP addresses and at least one of the NEs is a network controller that controls the SONET. The first level routing area and the second level routing areas are based on a predetermined prioritization of the NEs as first level NEs and second level NEs, and have a first level routing and having a second level routing for the NSAP addresses, respectively. Each NSAP address includes a Routing Domain field and an Area field filled with information indicative of a respective Internet Protocol (IP) address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
    Inventors: Arvind R. Mallya, Amit Rele, Rodney Bruner
  • SONET METHOD AND SYSTEM HAVING NETWORK SERVICE ACCESS POINT ADDRESSING
    Publication number: 20090034984
    Abstract: A synchronous optical network (SONET) system having multi-hierarchal network service access point (NSAP) addressing includes electrically linked network elements (NEs) and first and second level routing areas which each include at least one NE. The NEs include devices having respective NSAP addresses and at least one of the NEs is a network controller that controls the SONET. The first level routing area and the second level routing areas are based on a predetermined prioritization of the NEs as first level NEs and second level NEs, and have a first level routing and having a second level routing for the NSAP addresses, respectively. Each NSAP address includes a Routing Domain field and an Area field filled with information indicative of a respective Internet Protocol (IP) address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: SBCK KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
    Inventors: Arvind R. Mallya, Amit Rele, Rodney Bruner
  • System and method for SONET NSAP addressing
    Patent number: 7433362
    Abstract: A synchronous optical network (SONET) system having multi-hierarchal network service access point (NSAP) addressing includes a plurality of network elements (NEs) electrically linked, and a first level routing area and a second level routing area that each includes at least one NE. The NEs include devices having respective NSAP addresses and at least one of the NEs is a network controller that controls the SONET. The first level routing area and the second level routing area are based on a predetermined prioritization of the NEs as first level NEs and second level NEs, and have a first level routing and have a second level routing for the NSAP addresses, respectively, and each of the areas is capable of having at least 151 NEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
    Inventors: Arvind R. Mallya, Amit Rele, Rodney Bruner
  • System and method for SONET NSAP addressing
    Publication number: 20060098642
    Abstract: A synchronous optical network (SONET) system having multi-hierarchal network service access point (NSAP) addressing includes a plurality of network elements (NEs) electrically linked, and a first level routing area and a second level routing area that each includee at least one NE. The NEs include devices having respective NSAP addresses and at least one of the NEs is a network controller that controls the SONET. The first level routing area and the second level routing area are based on a predetermined prioritization of the NEs as first level NEs and second level NEs, and have a first level routing and have a second level routing for the NSAP addresses, respectively, and each of the areas is capable of having at least 151 NEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Arvind Mallya, Amit Rele, Rodney Bruner