Patents by Inventor Alex Weihwang Jeng

Alex Weihwang Jeng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for dynamic internet server selection
    Patent number: 6119162
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dynamically selecting a computer on a local area network to become a server providing shared access to a wide area network, such as the Internet, to all of the computers on the local area network is disclosed. A server may be selected from among any of the computers on the local area network that is currently available (i.e. powered on), and capable of establishing a connection to the wide area network. If the current server shuts down, a new server may be selected and started with only minimal impact on the other computers on the local area network, which are automatically reconfigured to use the new server to route network traffic to the wide area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Actiontec Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuang Li, Alex Weihwang Jeng, Victor Maravillas, Chee Hin Ho