Bruce Schofield
31Patents
9h-index
25Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 12, 1991 → Mar 3, 2014
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.