Patents by Inventor Jerry D. Goodrich

Jerry D. Goodrich 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 apparatus for mapping an MPLS tag to a data packet in a headend
    Patent number: 7620055
    Abstract: A method of using DOCSIS 1.1 features to allow the addition of ISPs and QOS levels to a single cable modem without having to modify the CMTS is described in the various figures. Instead of using the SID of a data packet to determine the VPN tag of a data packet (DOCSIS 1.0), a service flow is used to identify the appropriate tag. This is done using the DOCSIS 1.1 configuration file. By doing so, the need for creating additional sub-interfaces in the cable modem interface does not arise. Instead, the configuration is modified at the provisioning server, i.e., the DHCP/TFTP server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kartik Chandran, Chrisanto Leano, Sunil Khaunte, Jerry D. Goodrich, Kelly Schaefer
  • Method and apparatus for mapping an MPLS tag to a data packet in a headend
    Patent number: 7092397
    Abstract: A method of using DOCSIS 1.1 features to allow the addition of ISPs and QOS levels to a single cable modem without having to modify the CMTS is described in the various figures. Instead of using the SID of a data packet to determine the VPN tag of a data packet (DOCSIS 1.0), a service flow is used to identify the appropriate tag. This is done using the DOCSIS 1.1 configuration file. By doing so, the need for creating additional sub-interfaces in the cable modem interface does not arise. Instead, the configuration is modified at the provisioning server, i.e., the DHCP/TFTP server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kartik Chandran, Chrisanto Leano, Sunil Khaunte, Jerry D. Goodrich, Kelly Schaefer