James Shields
27Patents
10h-index
24Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 26, 1976 → May 11, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6584118B1 | Payload mapping in synchronous networks | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 38 | Expired |
| US6496519B1 | Frame based data transmission over synchronous digital hierarchy network | Electricity | 33 | Expired |
| US6373826B1 | Spanning tree algorithm | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US6917759B2 | Shared mesh signaling algorithm and apparatus | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US7477843B1 | Method of and system for routing in a photonic network | Electricity | 26 | Active |
| US6940808B1 | Adaptive rate traffic recovery mechanism for communication networks | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US6704326B2 | Payload mapping in synchronous networks | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US7369496B1 | Flow control of frame based data over a synchronous digital network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US6633584B1 | Payload translation between frame options in synchronous digital hierarchy networks | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US7023942B1 | Method and apparatus for digital data synchronization | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US5386311A | Clock recovery | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US7450497B2 | Shared mesh signaling method and apparatus | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6891862B1 | Multiplex hierarchy for high capacity transport systems | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6570868B1 | System and method for establishing a communication connection | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US7933279B1 | Voice over packet network arrangement and method | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US7372803B2 | Apparatus and method for establishment and protection of connections within mesh networks | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US8116196B2 | Shared mesh signaling method and apparatus | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US6816496B2 | Frame based data transmission over synchronous digital hierarchy network | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US7738381B2 | Flow control of frame based data over a synchronous digital network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US8295700B2 | Distributed packet switch for use in a network | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US5781596A | Desynchronising video information from synchronous network to a plesiochronous tributary with constant rate of change in the leak rate | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US7406033B2 | Methods, devices and software for combining protection paths across a communications network | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US4055013A | Identification device for vehicles | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| USRE41417E1 | Concatenation of containers in synchronous digital hierarchy network | General | 1 | Expired |
| US8971320B2 | Control layer for multistage optical burst switching system and method | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.