Keith W Melkild

US Patent:

6381634, Apr 30, 2002

Filed:

Dec 8, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/986900

Inventors:

Antonio G. Tello - Garland TX
Keith Melkild - Plano TX

Assignee:

Nortel Networks Limited - St. Laurent

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709206, 709217, 709219

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for e-mail address portability are provided. A service control point on the Internet comprises an e-mail address database and a transaction processing object. The e-mail address database has at least a well-known-address field for storing a well-known address value and a literal address field for storing a literal address value that corresponds to the well-known-address value. The transaction processing object, when called with an address translation request, accesses the e-mail address database. The address translation request has a well-known address value which is translated to the corresponding literal address value. After the translation, the transaction processing object returns the corresponding literal address value to the calling routine.

US Patent:

60144408, Jan 11, 2000

Filed:

Jul 21, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/897303

Inventors:

Keith W. Melkild - Allen TX
Mark L. Herbert - Allen TX
Brian M. Roeten - Garland TX

Assignee:

Northern Telecom Limited - Montreal

International Classification:

H04M 300
H04M 1100
H04J 302

US Classification:

379269

Abstract:

A method for protocol negotiation between an originating call handler and a terminating call handler, both of which reside within a switching node of a telecommunications network. A call initiated by an originating agency is transmitted to the originating call handler. The originating call handler transfers the call to the terminating call handler which completes the call to a terminating agency. Prior to transfer between handlers, a transfer protocol is determined. If the originating and terminating call handlers share a common native protocol, the common native protocol is selected for transfers therebetween. If the handlers do not share a common native protocol, the native protocol of the originating call handler is selected for transfers therebetween if a non-native protocol of the terminating call handler matches the native protocol of the originating call handler. Conversely, the native protocol of the terminating call handler is selected for transfers therebetween if a non-native protocol of the originating call handler matches the native protocol of the terminating call handler. If none of the aforementioned relationships are present, but the originating and terminating call handlers share a common non-native protocol, the common non-native protocol is selected for transfers therebetween.

US Patent:

20210326157, Oct 21, 2021

Filed:

Apr 14, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/230990

Inventors:

- Durham NC, US
Keith William Melkild - Allen TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 8/70
G06F 21/64
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

An example operation includes one or more of constructing a VNF package that includes one or more VDUs composed of one or more VNFCDs, generating a VNF package archive, receiving the VNF package archive containing the VNF package at an NFV MANO module, validating the VNF package archive, onboarding one or more traditional VNF package components including a file of a VNFD and at least one software artifact, onboarding one or more VNFC components associated with the one or more VDUs in the VNF package, and enabling the VNFD in a VNF Catalog.

US Patent:

20210326162, Oct 21, 2021

Filed:

Apr 14, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/230992

Inventors:

- Durham NC, US
Keith William Melkild - Allen TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 9/48

Abstract:

An example operation includes one or more of receiving a VNFC LCM request including a VNFC instance (VNFCI) and an LCM operation to be performed, retrieving one or more VNFCI datum, determining a target OS installation of the VNFCI, establishing a connection to the target OS installation, checking for the presence of a VNFC specific LCM script for the LCM operation to be performed, constructing a VNFC specific LCM command that calls the VNFC specific LCM script and which specifies the VNFCI, executing the VNFC specific LCM command, normalizing a response code, and sending a response to the VNFC LCM request.

US Patent:

20210125296, Apr 29, 2021

Filed:

Oct 26, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/080801

Inventors:

- Allen TX, US
Keith William Melkild - Allen TX, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/18
G06Q 10/10
G06F 16/93
G06F 17/18

Abstract:

An example operation includes one or more of adding a raw score of a main independent claim (IC) of a patent to an IC score data point set, adding the raw patent score to a patent score data point set, calculating summary statistics for the IC score data point set and the patent score data point set, calculating IC data point statistics for the raw score of the main IC and grade of raw IC score based on the summary statistics for the IC score data point set, calculating patent data point statistics for the raw patent score based on the summary statistics for the patent score data point set, calculating a grade of raw patent score based on the patent data point statistics, and displaying the grade of the raw patent score.