Patents by Inventor Bryan J. Dietz

Bryan J. Dietz 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).

  • Network Switch With Enhanced Interface
    Publication number: 20150235543
    Abstract: A network switch is provided that has an enhanced interface wherein an integrated circuit device is provided that facilitates the delivery of enhanced status information from the network switch. This integrated circuit, illustratively, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or programmable logic device (PLD) such as a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), facilitates the delivery of enhanced status indicator information in conjunction with the resident networking switch semiconductor device (i.e., an Ethernet switch or PHY device). The enhanced status indicator information is conveyed using more LEDs (i.e., more than the resident networking semiconductor device contains by itself), and thus more information can be displayed and conveyed by such LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: Bryan J. Dietz, Brad Magnani, Eric W. Tolliver, Edgard Vargas, Anu Sukhija, Khurram Khawaja
  • Multi-chassis inter-process communication
    Patent number: 8582423
    Abstract: Aggregation Switches connected via a virtual fabric link (VFL) are each active and able to communicate via an inter-process communication (IPC) using an IPC Virtual Local Area Network (IPC VLAN). A sub-set of Customer-facing ports (CFPs) of each Aggregation Switch are coupled to the VFL and assigned to the IPC VLAN to enable communication therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Gregory G. Page, Roberto H. Jacob Da Silva, Bryan J. Dietz, Sindhu K. Mohandas, Joseph F. Olakangil
  • MULTI-CHASSIS INTER-PROCESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20120033678
    Abstract: Aggregation Switches connected via a virtual fabric link (VFL) are each active and able to communicate via an inter-process communication (IPC) using an IPC Virtual Local Area Network (IPC VLAN). A sub-set of Customer-facing ports (CFPs) of each Aggregation Switch are coupled to the VFL and assigned to the IPC VLAN to enable communication therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: Gregory G. Page, Roberto H. Jacob Da Silva, Bryan J. Dietz, Sindhu K. Mohandas, Joseph F. Olakangil