Patents by Inventor Thomas La Porta

Thomas La Porta 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).

  • Methods and systems for allowing global roaming between devices supported by different protocols
    Patent number: 7822416
    Abstract: Techniques are provided to allow global roaming between different devices in different networks, using different protocols. A system may contain one or more protocol dependent logic servers (PDLSs), in which each PDLS is associated with a particular network/network protocol. The networks may comprise one or more wired telecommunications networks, wireless communications networks, or Internet-based networks. When a first PDLS receives an incoming, protocol-dependent message comprising a first protocol from a first network intended for a user currently registered on another network, the first PDLS converts the protocol-dependent message into an incoming, protocol-independent message and forwards it to another network element, such as a core logic server (CLS). The CLS processes the incoming, protocol-independent message, generates an appropriate outgoing protocol-independent message and forwards this message to a second PDLS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Triantafyllos Alexiou, Kuo-Wei Chen, Ramana Isukapalli, Thomas La Porta, Kazutaka Murakami, Ming Xiong
  • Methods and systems for allowing global roaming between devices supported by different protocols
    Publication number: 20040229608
    Abstract: Techniques are provided to allow global roaming between different devices in different networks, using different protocols. A system may contain one or more protocol dependent logic servers (PDLSs), in which each PDLS is associated with a particular network/network protocol. The networks may comprise one or more wired telecommunications networks, wireless communications networks, or Internet-based networks. When a first PDLS receives an incoming, protocol-dependent message comprising a first protocol from a first network intended for a user currently registered on another network, the first PDLS converts the protocol-dependent message into an incoming, protocol-independent message and forwards it to another network element, such as a core logic server (CLS). The CLS processes the incoming, protocol-independent message, generates an appropriate outgoing protocol-independent message and forwards this message to a second PDLS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Ramana Isukapalli, Kazutaka Murakami, Triantafyllos Alexiou, Kuo-Wei Chen, Thomas La Porta