Patents by Inventor Brian L. Kilgore

Brian L. Kilgore 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).

  • Packeting timeout spoofing in a wireless data communications network
    Patent number: 6553032
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided to prevent unneccessary execution of TCP/IP performance enhancing algorithms in a wireless communications network. The method includes monitoring acknowledgment message traffic between a sending unit and a receiving unit and preventing forwarding of an acknowledgment message to the sending unit when the acknowledgment message is a second duplicate acknowledgment message. The apparatus includes a first endpoint unit connected between a sending unit and a receiving unit. The first endpoint unit includes a monitor component to monitor acknowledgment message traffic between the sending unit and the receiving unit and a filter unit to prevent forwarding of a duplicate acknowledgment message to the sending unit until a predefined condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Tantivy Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Farley, Brian L. Kilgore