Patents by Inventor Sig Hal Badt, Jr.

Sig Hal Badt, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating multi-media service in an ethernet network
    Patent number: 8693482
    Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating performance of multi-media, and other communication, services at an Ethernet network. A bridge provides communication control operations at the Ethernet network. Audio-video bridge domains are defined at the network. Service discovery messages generated by communication devices of a particular domain are forwarded only to other communication devices of the same domain. Redefinition and reconfiguration of the domains is made, as needed, all best to facilitate performance of the communication service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Timucin Ozugur, Sig Hal Badt, Jr., Jessy Rouyer, Ljubisa Tancevski