Patents by Inventor Walter Prager

Walter Prager 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 parallel connection selection in a communication network
    Patent number: 7649894
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method of a selecting an egress connection from egress connections at a node for a call being established in a network along a path being associated with the node. Each connection has sufficient bandwidth to carry the call and terminates at a same destination point in said path. The system and method comprise utilizing at least a bandwidth load balance value for each connection in a set of the connections to select the egress connection from the set. An administrative factor score may be used to further define members of the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Prager, David Ker, Carl Rajsic, Shawn McAllister
  • System and method for parallel connection selection in a communication network
    Patent number: 7310341
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method of a selecting an egress connection from egress connections at a node for a call being established in a network along a path being associated with the node. Each connection has sufficient bandwidth to carry the call and terminates at a same destination point in said path. The system and method comprise utilizing at least a bandwidth load balance value for each connection in a set of the connections to select the egress connection from the set. An administrative factor score may be used to further define members of the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Alcatel Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Prager, David Ker, Carl Rajsic, Shawn McAllister
  • System and method for parallel connection selection in a communication network
    Publication number: 20070286201
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method of a selecting an egress connection from egress connections at a node for a call being established in a network along a path being associated with the node. Each connection has sufficient bandwidth to carry the call and terminates at a same destination point in said path. The system and method comprise utilizing at least a bandwidth load balance value for each connection in a set of the connections to select the egress connection from the set. An administrative factor score may be used to further define members of the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Walter Prager, David Ker, Carl Rajsic, Shawn McAllister
  • System and method for parallel connection selection in a communication network
    Publication number: 20030156583
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method of a selecting an egress connection from egress connections at a node for a call being established in a network along a path being associated with the node. Each connection has sufficient bandwidth to carry the call and terminates at a same destination point in said path. The system and method comprise utilizing at least a bandwidth load balance value for each connection in a set of the connections to select the egress connection from the set. An administrative factor score may be used to further define members of the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Walter Prager, David Ker, Carl Rajsic, Shawn McAllister