Patents by Inventor Thomas J Snape

Thomas J Snape 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).

  • Overload prevention in an intelligent network
    Patent number: 6870922
    Abstract: In a telecommunications network which comprises an Intelligent Network (IN), Call-Gapping is implemented in a call control function (CCF), so that calls are selectively discarded automatically in order to reduce the load on the IN. As the CCF is the point at which an incoming call is first recognized as an IN call, this arrangement reduces processing resources consumed by discarded calls and also provides for a faster IN call rejection response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Marconi UK Intellectual Property, Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas J Snape