Inventor · Maynard, MA, US

Robert Penfield

60Patents
23h-index
38Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 21, 1992 → Sep 27, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7376731B2 System and method for providing statistics gathering within a packet network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 149 Expired
US10200264B2 Link status monitoring based on packet loss detection Electricity 143 Active
US5841854A Wireless telephone integration system and method for call centers and workgroups Electricity 140 Expired
US7002973B2 System and method for assisting in controlling real-time transport protocol flow through multiple networks via use of a cluster of session routers Electricity 133 Expired
US7133923B2 System and method for assisting in controlling real-time transport protocol flow through multiple networks via screening Electricity 133 Expired
US7031311B2 System and method for providing rapid rerouting of real-time multi-media flows Electricity 114 Expired
US7028092B2 System and method for assisting in controlling real-time transport protocol flow through multiple networks via media flow routing Electricity 114 Expired
US9729439B2 Network packet flow controller Electricity 94 Active
US6311186A Telecommunications switching system utilizing a channelized database access mechanism Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US9985883B2 Name-based routing system and method Electricity 78 Active
US6058173A Real-time call rating and debiting system Electricity 75 Expired
US10277506B2 Stateful load balancing in a stateless network Electricity 70 Active
US7151781B2 System and method for providing session admission control Electricity 70 Expired
US5493607A Multi-system network addressing Electricity 69 Expired
US6606668B1 System and method for least cost routing and managing multiple gatekeepers on a packet switched network Electricity 61 Expired
US5659599A Voice mail network and networking method Electricity 53 Expired
US7362707B2 System and method for determining flow quality statistics for real-time transport protocol data flows Electricity 41 Expired
US11165863B1 Network neighborhoods for establishing communication relationships between communication interfaces in an administrative domain Electricity 37 Active
US6697475B1 System and method for implementing an end office switch with enhanced functionality using an operating system independent distributed self-contained dynamic logic system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US7072303B2 System and method for assisting in controlling real-time transport protocol flow through multiple networks Electricity 34 Expired
US7193996B2 System and method for determining a source of an internet protocol packet Electricity 33 Expired
US7142532B2 System and method for improving communication between a switched network and a packet network Electricity 30 Expired
US6480591B1 Real-time call rating and debiting system and method for multiple calls Electricity 24 Expired
US10999182B2 Routing using segment-based metrics Electricity 17 Active
US7817541B2 Method and system of providing redundancy in a network device Electricity 14 Active

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