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        Mário M. Freire
         Full Professor (Professor Catedrático)
           Department of Computer Science, University of Beira Interior, Rua Marquês de Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
           E-mail addresses: mfreire(at)ieee.org or mfreire(at)computer.org or mfreire(at)acm.org or mario(at)di.ubi.pt

           IEEE Member, ACM Member, Ordem dos Engenheiros - Colégio de Engenharia Informática Member

           Senior Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações, member of the
Secure and Intelligent Networked Software Systems Lab, home of the Network Applications and Services - Cv Group

Registered International Patents in Cooperation with Industry (Nokia Siemens Networks later spun out into Coriant, which was acquired by Infinera)
"Learn from failures. Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."

Steve Jobs (1955-2011), in Steve Jobs: The Journey is the Reward by Jeffrey S. Young, 1988.

Mário M. Freire, João V. P. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Paulo Monteiro, João J. Pires, and João M. Santos, Upstream Efficiency Improvement Method for Passive Optical Networks, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2010/012304 A1, February 4, 2010. Published as CN102113252A; EP2314002A1; EP2314002B1; KR101236903B1; KR20110046494A; US2011194854A1; WO2010012304A1.

Jorge Castro, Mário M. Freire, Marek Hajduczenia, Pedro Inácio, Rui Meleiro, Paulo M. Monteiro, José Santos, and Henrique Silva, Automatic Topology Discovery for Passive Optical Networks, European Patent Office, European Patent EP 2141832 A1, January 6, 2010. Published as EP2141832A1; EP2141832B1.

Mário M. Freire, Nuno Garcia, Przemyslaw Lenkiewicz, Paulo M. Monteiro, and José Santos, Method and Device for Processing Data in an Optical Network and Communication System Comprising Such Device, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2009/156409 A1, December 30, 2009. Published as EP2139262A1; WO2009156409A1.

Mário Freire, Nuno M. Garcia, Marek Hajduczenia, Paulo P. Monteiro, and Henrique Silva, Method for Aggregating a Plurality of Data Packets Into a Unified Transport Data Packet and Machine for Performing Said Method, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2007/118594 A1, October 25, 2007. Published as EP1848172A1; WO2007118594A1.

Mário Freire, Marek Hajduczenia, Pedro Inácio, Paulo P. Monteiro, and Henrique Silva, A Method, Communication System, Central and Peripheral Communication Unit for Secure Packet Oriented Transfer of Information, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2007/099045 A1, September 7, 2007. Published as ATE439718T1; EP1830517A1; EP1830517B1; WO2007099045A1.

Mário Freire, Nuno Garcia, Paulo Monteiro, and José M. R. R. Santos, Method for the Transmission of Data Packets by Means of an Optical Burst Switching Network and Network Nodes for an Optical Burst Switching Network, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2006/072406 A1, July 13, 2006. Published as CN101112116A; CN101112116B; EP1834503A1; EP1834503B1; US7817919B1; WO2006072406A1.

“One of the problems of being a pioneer is you always make mistakes and I never, never want to be a pioneer. It’s always best to come second when you can look at the mistakes the pioneers made”.

Seymour Cray (1925-1996), Public Lecture at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories on the introduction of the CRAY-1, 1976.
Last update: 2011/08/30.

	Mário M. Freire, João V. P. Gomes, Pedro R. M. Inácio, Paulo Monteiro, João J. Pires, and João M. Santos, Upstream Efficiency Improvement Method for Passive Optical Networks, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2010/012304 A1, February 4, 2010. Published as CN102113252A; EP2314002A1; EP2314002B1; KR101236903B1; KR20110046494A; US2011194854A1; WO2010012304A1.
	Jorge Castro, Mário M. Freire, Marek Hajduczenia, Pedro Inácio, Rui Meleiro, Paulo M. Monteiro, José Santos, and Henrique Silva, Automatic Topology Discovery for Passive Optical Networks, European Patent Office, European Patent EP 2141832 A1, January 6, 2010. Published as EP2141832A1; EP2141832B1.
	Mário M. Freire, Nuno Garcia, Przemyslaw Lenkiewicz, Paulo M. Monteiro, and José Santos, Method and Device for Processing Data in an Optical Network and Communication System Comprising Such Device, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2009/156409 A1, December 30, 2009. Published as EP2139262A1; WO2009156409A1.
	Mário Freire, Nuno M. Garcia, Marek Hajduczenia, Paulo P. Monteiro, and Henrique Silva, Method for Aggregating a Plurality of Data Packets Into a Unified Transport Data Packet and Machine for Performing Said Method, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2007/118594 A1, October 25, 2007. Published as EP1848172A1; WO2007118594A1.
	Mário Freire, Marek Hajduczenia, Pedro Inácio, Paulo P. Monteiro, and Henrique Silva, A Method, Communication System, Central and Peripheral Communication Unit for Secure Packet Oriented Transfer of Information, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2007/099045 A1, September 7, 2007. Published as ATE439718T1; EP1830517A1; EP1830517B1; WO2007099045A1.
	Mário Freire, Nuno Garcia, Paulo Monteiro, and José M. R. R. Santos, Method for the Transmission of Data Packets by Means of an Optical Burst Switching Network and Network Nodes for an Optical Burst Switching Network, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Patent WO 2006/072406 A1, July 13, 2006. Published as CN101112116A; CN101112116B; EP1834503A1; EP1834503B1; US7817919B1; WO2006072406A1.