Patents by Inventor Jean-Christophe B. A. Marion

Jean-Christophe B. A. Marion 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).

  • Method and system for automatic discovery of tunnel endpoints in a broadcast network
    Patent number: 10862963
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system and method for automatic discovery and configuration of tunnel endpoints in a network. During operation, the system can broadcast, from an active tunnel endpoint, a peer-discovery-request message to the network. In response to receiving a peer-discovery-response message from a passive tunnel endpoint, the system can determine whether the passive tunnel endpoint has a tunnel based on the received peer-discovery response. In response to determining that the passive tunnel endpoint does not have a tunnel, the system creates a tunnel between the active tunnel endpoint and the passive tunnel endpoint and exchanges tunnel-configuration messages over the created tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Tibit Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward W. Boyd, Kevin A. Noll, James A. Fletcher, Andrew P. Chagnon, Jean-Christophe B. A. Marion
  • Plug-and-play PON systems with autonomous boot mode
    Patent number: 10863256
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a pluggable optical line terminal (OLT) in a passive optical network (PON). The OLT can include an optical transceiver, a non-volatile storage device storing configurations of the pluggable OLT, and an autonomous boot module configured to access the configurations stored in the storage device when booting the pluggable OLT, thereby enabling plug-and-play operations of the pluggable OLT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Tibit Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward W. Boyd, Jean-Christophe B. A. Marion
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF TUNNEL ENDPOINTS IN A BROADCAST NETWORK
    Publication number: 20200128071
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a system and method for automatic discovery and configuration of tunnel endpoints in a network. During operation, the system can broadcast, from an active tunnel endpoint, a peer-discovery-request message to the network. In response to receiving a peer-discovery-response message from a passive tunnel endpoint, the system can determine whether the passive tunnel endpoint has a tunnel based on the received peer-discovery response. In response to determining that the passive tunnel endpoint does not have a tunnel, the system creates a tunnel between the active tunnel endpoint and the passive tunnel endpoint and exchanges tunnel-configuration messages over the created tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Tibit Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward W. Boyd, Kevin A. Noll, James A. Fletcher, Andrew P. Chagnon, Jean-Christophe B. A. Marion
  • PLUG-AND-PLAY PON SYSTEMS WITH AUTONOMOUS BOOT MODE
    Publication number: 20200120408
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a pluggable optical line terminal (OLT) in a passive optical network (PON). The OLT can include an optical transceiver, a non-volatile storage device storing configurations of the pluggable OLT, and an autonomous boot module configured to access the configurations stored in the storage device when booting the pluggable OLT, thereby enabling plug-and-play operations of the pluggable OLT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Tibit Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward W. Boyd, Jean-Christophe B. A. Marion