Patents by Inventor Andrew P. Chagnon

Andrew P. Chagnon 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
  • 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