Patents by Inventor Schofield Bruce

Schofield Bruce 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).

  • System and method for virtualization of the network management and control planes to provide an abstracted view and control of underlying network resources
    Patent number: 7426580
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a common network service interface to one or more application programs. A network service interface provides application programs with a high level, application specific view of the communication network, and functional access to management plane and control plane functions and protocols. The system generates an abstracted, “virtualized” view of the network and network services that is specific to an individual application program, and that is provided within the execution scope of that application program. Thus the view of the network is contextualized for the application program, and supports network service designations at a functional level relevant to the application user's view of the application services and network elements in the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Indermohan Monga, Franco Travostino, Schofield Bruce
  • System and method for virtualization of the network management and control planes to provide an abstracted view and control of underlying network resources
    Publication number: 20050267959
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a common network service interface to one or more application programs. A network service interface provides application programs with a high level, application specific view of the communication network, and functional access to management plane and control plane functions and protocols. The system generates an abstracted, “virtualized” view of the network and network services that is specific to an individual application program, and that is provided within the execution scope of that application program. Thus the view of the network is contextualized for the application program, and supports network service designations at a functional level relevant to the application user's view of the application services and network elements in the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Indermohan Monga, Franco Travostino, Schofield Bruce