Patents by Inventor Ronald N. Parente

Ronald N. Parente 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).

  • Patent number: 6784984
    Abstract: A novel method and apparatus has been developed for testing optical circuit modules. More particularly, with the present invention, a given test pack is adapted to “simultaneously” test a plurality of DUT's, by simultaneously apply a given optical signal to each of the plurality of DUT's and allowing each of the DUT's to simultaneously undergo its own testing; the test pack then serially queries each of the DUT's to obtain test results and, if desired, can provide feedback to one or more of the DUT's, whereby the DUT's can be calibrated with the assistance of the test pack. In one preferred form of the invention, all of the plurality of DUT's simultaneously undergoing testing on a given test pack are housed in a single environmental enclosure, permitting all of the DUT's to be simultaneously brought “up to temperature” so as to increase testing throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ronald N. Parente, Paul Boyd, David F. Botros, Peter K. Lison
  • Publication number: 20030184734
    Abstract: A novel method and apparatus has been developed for testing optical circuit modules. More particularly, with the present invention, a given test pack is adapted to “simultaneously” test a plurality of DUT's, by simultaneously apply a given optical signal to each of the plurality of DUT's and allowing each of the DUT's to simultaneously undergo its own testing; the test pack then serially queries each of the DUT's to obtain test results and, if desired, can provide feedback to one or more of the DUT's, whereby the DUT's can be calibrated with the assistance of the test pack. In one preferred form of the invention, all of the plurality of DUT's simultaneously undergoing testing on a given test pack are housed in a single environmental enclosure, permitting all of the DUT's to be simultaneously brought “up to temperature” so as to increase testing throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Ronald N. Parente, Paul Boyd, David F. Botros, Peter K. Lison
  • Patent number: 5168548
    Abstract: In the reporting system disclosed herein, a speech recognizer is used to select sections of text from a report form stored in a computer and to insert recognized terms in the text thereby to generate a report text under voice control. A command interpreter, also responsive to spoken words, initiates creation of the report text and its subsequence storing, printing and transmission. The command processor is responsive to respective spoken commands to select a destination telephone number and to cause the report text to be sent to apparatus for converting report text to image data and for modulating an audio band signal with the image data for facsimile transmission over telephone lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Kaufman, James Moser, Ronald N. Parente