Mark Alan Lassig

US Patent:

6415024, Jul 2, 2002

Filed:

Apr 13, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/059904

Inventors:

James Patrick Dunn - Northville Township IL
Don Howard Dvorak - Hinsdale IL
Mark Alan Lassig - Naperville IL
Eugene J. Rosenthal - Edison NJ
Ronald David Slusky - Highland Park NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 1500

US Classification:

37911405, 37910004, 37911201, 379 101, 379 3202, 37912101

Abstract:

It is desirable to be able to recognize data calls so that different charges can be applied to such calls and that vertical services, such as the use of special transmission facilities, may be offered to data callers. This recognition is accomplished by attaching a tone detector to a call in order to detect the special tones characteristic of a data call. Advantageously, this permits different charges to be imposed on data calls.

US Patent:

6694015, Feb 17, 2004

Filed:

Mar 6, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/519813

Inventors:

Charles Calvin Byers - Aurora IL 60504
Mark Alan Lassig - Naperville IL 60563
Carl Robert Posthuma - Wheaton IL 60187

International Classification:

H04M 100

US Classification:

37939901, 379 2203, 379 2701, 379402, 37941302

Abstract:

A universal line card architecture includes core circuitry for performing battery, overvoltage, ringing, supervision, coder/decoder circuit (CODEC), hybrid and test (BORSCHT) functions interconnected to a control processor and processing system. The control processor and processing system serve a plurality of line cards and are configurable to one or more of a plurality of subscriber loop standards in which the line card can operate. Upon receipt of instructions from a configuration system, the processing system configures line card and core network interface elements so that an appropriate subscriber loop standard may be associated with the line card identified in the provisioning request.

US Patent:

6741599, May 25, 2004

Filed:

Feb 18, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/507152

Inventors:

James Patrick Dunn - Sandwich IL
Mark Alan Lassig - Naperville IL
Hsien-Chuen Yu - Naperville IL

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04L 1228

US Classification:

3703956, 370401, 370420, 370466, 375222, 37922001

Abstract:

A telephone switch-integrated modem pool and broadband access concentrator provide improved data network access through a PSTN local loop. Rather than simply cascading data as TDM traffic through the PSTN, plural switch-integrated modems, a broadband access concentrator, and a broadband pipe are used to route data traffic between local loop subscribers and one or more data network service providers. Advantageously, point-to-point connections are maintained between subscriber and service provider equipment in order to enable continued use of high level subscriber-provider protocol service negotiation (such as PAP/CHAP, NCP and the like). LCP (link layer) management and translation between the asynchronous subscriber-modem pool link and the synchronous provider-modem pool link are handled transparently by the broadband access concentrator.

US Patent:

6907035, Jun 14, 2005

Filed:

Jun 13, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/593184

Inventors:

Charles Calvin Byers - Aurora IL, US
Kevin Eugene Dombkowski - Oswego IL, US
John Frederick Heck - Wheaton IL, US
Mark Alan Lassig - Naperville IL, US
Reinhard Metz - Wheaton IL, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04L012/66

US Classification:

370355, 37920105

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for controlling telecommunications call processing is disclosed. In a switching system, a Master Controller is provided for maintaining the database of the system, and for receiving call processing control messages. The Master Controller receives these messages via a core switching fabric network of the switching system. The Master Controller selects one of a plurality of feature processors, the feature processors being of several types for processing different features, to process the received call processing message. The Master Controller, if necessary, transmits not only the call processing message, but also state information about the call to the selected feature processor. The feature processor processes the message, and returns call state update data to the Master Controller. The feature processor also transmits messages for controlling other units in order to implement the desired response to the received call processing message.

US Patent:

6959184, Oct 25, 2005

Filed:

Jun 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/343823

Inventors:

Charles Calvin Byers - Aurora IL, US
Mark Alan Lassig - Naperville IL, US
Steven Mark Miller - Batavia IL, US
William Brohmer Paulson - Naperville IL, US
Carl Robert Posthuma - Wheaton IL, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M011/00

US Classification:

455410, 455411, 4555521, 4554142, 709229, 709219, 709225, 370351, 370353, 370354

Abstract:

A method for determining the security level associated with transmissions in a telecommunications network includes means for alerting parties of the security status of the transmission. When a route interconnecting the parties includes an insecure link, an alert is provided so that the parties are aware of the insecure nature of the call before communications begin. Alternatively, the parties may elect to decline or alter content of the communications to preserve integrity.

US Patent:

20030206623, Nov 6, 2003

Filed:

May 6, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/140386

Inventors:

Eric Deichstetter - Naperville IL, US
Douglas Reneker - Naperville IL, US
Mark Lassig - Naperville IL, US
Kevin Dombkowski - Oswego IL, US

International Classification:

H04M001/00
H04M009/00

US Classification:

379/399010

Abstract:

A telecommunications pair gain system for use when all lines served by the pair gain system are within a limited distance of the pair gain system remote terminal. The distance is such that a lower voltage output from the remote terminal can be used for powering the POTS telephones. Advantageously, a single remote terminal can be used for controlling, for example, 8 POTS lines, at significantly lower expense than would be incurred using standard subscriber loop carrier technology. Advantageously, the loops no longer required for serving all of the 8 POTS lines directly, can be utilized to provide services such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service to other customers without requiring the installation of additional loops between the central office and the remote terminal.

US Patent:

59057858, May 18, 1999

Filed:

Jan 23, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/787837

Inventors:

James Patrick Dunn - Sandwich IL
Don Howard Dvorak - Hinsdale IL
Mark Alan Lassig - Naperville IL

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M15/00

US Classification:

379113

Abstract:

High usage lines in a telecommunications system must be detected to avoid local areas of high call blockage. Such high usage lines are frequently lines that originate or receive data calls. The presence of a data call is detected by testing for a signal, such as a tone, on the call connection after an answer signal has been detected, and testing to see if the duration of the call exceeds some predetermined quantity. Lines which originate or receive data calls exceeding the predetermined quantity are then monitored to measure their usage. Advantageously, many high usage lines can be detected by monitoring only the relatively few lines that originate or receive data calls.

US Patent:

62298461, May 8, 2001

Filed:

Aug 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/371282

Inventors:

Mark Alan Lassig - Naperville IL
Carl Robert Posthuma - Wheaton IL

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies, Inc. - MurrayHill NJ

International Classification:

H04B 138
H04L 516

US Classification:

375222

Abstract:

A system and method are disclosed for implementing support for increased communication speed between data communication devices, including one or more high speed analog modems, connected to a digital communication network. The high speed analog modems communicate with the digital communication network via analog signaling pathways that also support voice communication across the digital communication network. Following the initiation of communication between an originating communication device and a terminating communication device connected to the digital communication network, determination is made as to whether the communication devices include at least one high speed analog modem and another data communication device capable of communicating at the increased data communication speed. If so, adjustment is made, as necessary, to the filtering present on the analog signaling pathway between the digital communication network and the analog modem to increase the analog signaling bandwidth that can be carried thereon. Data communication speed is further increased by implementing a companding mode that is substantially linear across the voltage range of the analog signals being sampled, or in which larger quantization spacings are used for lower voltage levels than for higher voltage levels.