Patents by Inventor Aaron Strandridge

Aaron Strandridge 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 packet traversal of a network address translation device
    Publication number: 20060215652
    Abstract: A characterization method for a network address translation (NAT) device by an internal computer behind the NAT device includes creating a plurality of sockets; binding the plurality of sockets, respectively, to a plurality of ports; transmitting a plurality of STUN requests in user datagram protocol (UDP) packets to a plurality of STUN servers, wherein each STUN request is associated with one of the sockets; determining that the NAT device does support UDP packets if responses are not received from the STUN servers; and determining a set of NAT characteristics of the NAT device if a response is received from each of the STUN servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Aaron Strandridge, Ken Erbes, Remy Zimmerman, Philippe Depallens