Inventor · Tyngsborough, MA, US

Bruce Schofield

31Patents
9h-index
25Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 12, 1991 → Mar 3, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5144304A Data and forward error control coding techniques for digital signals Electricity 57 Expired
US5396239A Data and forward error control coding techniques for digital signals Electricity 44 Expired
US5138675A Mode scrambler as an optical isolator for higher-coherence lasers in multi-mode fiber plants Physics 28 Expired
US7437449B1 System, device, and method for managing service level agreements in an optical communication system Electricity 24 Expired
US6356680B1 Method and system for removal of low order optical transmission modes to improve modal bandwidth in a multimode optical fiber computer network Electricity 16 Expired
US6154589A Method and system for removal of low order optical transmission modes in multimode optical fiber computer network to improve modal bandwidth Electricity 14 Expired
US7321932B1 System, device, and method for managing connection establishment and related services in an optical communication system Electricity 14 Expired
US7664838B2 System and method for translating application program network service requests into actions and performing those actions through the management and/or control plane responsive to previously defined policies and previous requests by the same or another application program Electricity 14 Expired
US7698366B2 Method and apparatus for facilitating the transportation of medical images on a communication network Physics 11 Active
US7738359B1 System, device, and method for managing alternate site switching in an optical communication system Electricity 9 Expired
US6556329B1 Method and system for preventing low order optical transmission modes in multimode optical fiber computer network using annulus laser Electricity 8 Expired
US9021130B1 Photonic line sharing for high-speed routers Electricity 7 Active
US7849225B2 System, device, and method for managing communication services in an optical communication system Electricity 6 Expired
US7840692B1 System, device, and method for bandwidth management in an optical communication system Electricity 5 Expired
US7958225B2 Method and apparatus for monitoring the transportation of medical images on a communication network Electricity 5 Active
US7493040B1 Method and apparatus for securing fiber in an optical network Electricity 5 Expired
US8000601B2 Method and apparatus for securing fiber in an optical network Electricity 4 Active
US7656823B1 Automated network to SAN topology linkage Electricity 4 Active
US7283747B2 Optical switch router Electricity 4 Expired
US8146090B2 Time-value curves to provide dynamic QoS for time sensitive file transfer Electricity 3 Active
US8315159B2 Utilizing optical bypass links in a communication network Electricity 3 Active
US7492932B2 Method and apparatus for processing medical image data in a network environment Physics 2 Expired
US7984154B2 System and method for translating application program network service requests into actions and performing those actions through the management and/or control plane responsive to previously defined policies and previous requests by the same or another application program Electricity 1 Active
US7079770B2 System and apparatus for dropping and adding optical data streams in an optical communication network Physics 1 Expired
US8949846B2 Time-value curves to provide dynamic QoS for time sensitive file transfers Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.