Patents by Inventor Rowland G Hunt

Rowland G Hunt 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).

  • Communication network method and apparatus having intelligent peripheral resource platform with variable number of ports assigned to concurrent different services
    Patent number: 8423647
    Abstract: A service platform in a communications network connects callers to a service resource platform when implementing services requiring specialised resources. A number of different services use a common service resource platform. The service platform is programmed with respective maximum values for the number of calls originating from each service that may be connected to the service resource platform at one time and allows the call to be connected to the service resource platform at one time and allows the call to be connected to the service resource platform only when the count value for the respective service is less than the maximum count value. The service resource platform may have a single network address and a common range of ports that are freely allocated to calls generated by the different services running on the service platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: British Telecommunications PLC
    Inventors: Rowland G. Hunt, Paul Williamson
  • COMMUNICATION NETWORK METHOD AND APPARATUS HAVING INTELLIGENT PERIPHERAL RESOURCE PLATFORM WITH VARIABLE NUMBER OF PORTS ASSIGNED TO CONCURRENT DIFFERENT SERVICES
    Publication number: 20110270990
    Abstract: A service platform in a communications network connects callers to a service resource platform when implementing services requiring specialised resources. A number of different services use a common service resource platform. The service platform is programmed with respective maximum values for the number of calls originating from each service that may be connected to the service resource platform at one time and allows the call to be connected to the service resource platform at one time and allows the call to be connected to the service resource platform only when the count value for the respective service is less than the maximum count value. The service resource platform may have a single network address and a common range of ports that are freely allocated to calls generated by the different services running on the service platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, public limited company
    Inventors: Rowland G. Hunt, Paul Williamson
  • Communication network method and apparatus having intelligent peripheral resource platform with variable number of ports assigned to concurrent different services
    Patent number: 7979559
    Abstract: A service platform in a communications network connects callers to a service resource platform when implementing services requiring specialized resources. A number of different services use a common service resource platform. The service platform is programmed with respective maximum values for the number of calls originating from each service that may be connected to the service resource platform at one time and allows the call to be connected to the service resource platform only when the count value for the respective service is less than the maximum count value. The service resource platform may have a single network address and a common range of ports that are freely allocated to calls generated by the different services running on the service platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Rowland G Hunt, Paul Williamson
  • Call distribution
    Patent number: 6748063
    Abstract: A call distribution system, suitable for use in a network supporting a telemarketing call center, maintains call counts at a global data server and at a number of transaction servers which are connected in common to the global data server. A choice is made of either the global count or the local count to be used in addressing a distribution map which determines the destination for a particular call. The distribution map may be a minimum error map which minimizes the deviation from a planned distribution ratio wherever a call sequence is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Bristish Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Rowland G Hunt, Simon Berry
  • Communications network
    Publication number: 20030023727
    Abstract: A service platform in a communications network connects callers to a service resource platform when implementing services requiring specialised resources. A number of different services use a common service resource platform. The service platform is programmed with respective maximum values for the number of calls originating from each service that may be connected to the service resource platform at one time and allows the call to be connected to the service resource platform at one time and allows the call to be connected to the service resource platform only when the count value for the respective service is less than the maximum count value. The service resource platform may have a single network address and a common range of ports that are freely allocated to calls generated by the different services running on the service platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Rowland G Hunt, Paul Williamson
  • Method of making bipolar integrated circuits
    Patent number: 4873199
    Abstract: A well structure for a semiconductor device has a dopant profile such that the maximum net dopant level is below the device surface. This is achieved by a two stage doping with materials of opposite conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: STC PLC
    Inventor: Rowland G. Hunt