Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Provost

Jeffrey Provost 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).

  • Carrier card converter for 10 gigabit ethernet slots
    Patent number: 7620754
    Abstract: A carrier module is physically compatible with a XENPAK/X2 10 GE slot and includes a socket for accepting a non-XENPAK/X2 module and interface circuitry for providing appropriate signals to a XENPAK/X2 70-pin connector on an interior side of the carrier module. The carrier module includes a cookie, accessible by host software, identifying the type of carrier module and non-XENPAK/X2 module accepted by the carrier card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Yee, Eric Wiles, James P. Rivers, Sandeep Arvind Patel, William F. Edwards, Jr., Jeffrey Provost
  • Carrier card converter for 10 gigabit ethernet slots
    Publication number: 20060216958
    Abstract: A carrier module is physically compatible with a XENPAK/X2 10 GE slot and includes a socket for accepting a non-XENPAK/X2 module and interface circuitry for providing appropriate signals to a XENPAK/X2 70-pin connector on an interior side of the carrier module. The carrier module includes a cookie, accessible by host software, identifying the type of carrier module and non-XENPAK/X2 module accepted by the carrier card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Alan Yee, Eric Wiles, James Rivers, Sandeep Patel, William Edwards, Jeffrey Provost