Richard L Brand

US Patent:

7321730, Jan 22, 2008

Filed:

Jun 23, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/600713

Inventors:

Kent Felske - Kanata, CA
Richard Brand - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric Bernier - Nepean, CA

Assignee:

Nortel Networks Limited - St. Laurent

International Classification:

H04J 14/00
H04B 10/08
H04B 10/14

US Classification:

398 71, 398 32, 398 58, 398 10, 398100, 398 99, 398 76, 398 66, 398198

Abstract:

An optical network unit (ONU) interconnected by passive optical network (PON) equipment to an optical line terminal (OLT) is identified using secondary modulation of the optical carrier to impress an identifier of the ONU onto the carrier. This resolves a recurring ONU failure mode detection problem caused by failure of a laser driver that causes the ONU to be stuck in an on state.

US Patent:

20050074529, Apr 7, 2005

Filed:

Jun 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/870468

Inventors:

Howard Cohen - Palo Alto CA, US
Tal Lavian - Sunnyvale CA, US
Richard Brand - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Nortel Networks Limited - St. Laurent

International Classification:

H04J003/22

US Classification:

426106000, 718100000

Abstract:

A visualization display network is created such that images to be displayed at the visualization presentation center(s) are formatted for direct display on the viewing terminals without requiring significant additional processing at the visualization presentation center. For example, the display terminals at the visualization presentation center may be configured to display signals received in a standard color format such as RGB, and the signals output from the visualization processing center and transported on a switched underlay optical network may be formed in the same color format. A visualization transfer service is provided to reserve resources on the switched underlay optical network and to coordinate visualization events between the visualization processing center, network, and visualization presentation center. Network resources may be scheduled in real time on demand or may be scheduled to be provided at a predetermined optionally under-constrained time.

US Patent:

20220318912, Oct 6, 2022

Filed:

Jul 7, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/626332

Inventors:

Richard BRAND - New York NY, US

International Classification:

G06Q 40/06

Abstract:

Computer-implemented systems and methods for improving the quality of shareholder voting by generating a pre-vote outcome of a corporate vote. The method comprises receiving, by a computer, pre-votes from a plurality of shareholders for a proposition to be voted on during the corporate vote; adjusting each shareholder's pre-vote by a reliability factor and anonymizing the pre-votes; and generating the pre-vote outcome.

US Patent:

20140270751, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

May 27, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/287762

Inventors:

- Kanata, CA
Paul Bottorff - Palo Alto CA, US
Huiwen Li - San Jose CA, US
Richard Brand - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP - Kanata

International Classification:

H04B 10/077
H04Q 11/00

US Classification:

398 16

Abstract:

An optical communication device comprises an input/output configured to be coupled to an optical communications line, and a passive optical loopback module coupled to the input and configured to receive optical signals from the input/output, the loopback module being further configured to reflect incoming signals of a test wavelength to the input/output.